Essential bacterial genes and their use

ABSTRACT

Disclosed are 23 genes, termed “GEP” genes, found in  Streptococcus pneumonia , which are located within operons that are essential for survival. Also disclosed is a related essential gene found in  Bacillus subtilis . These genes and the polypeptides that they encode, as well as homologs thereof, can be used to identify antibacterial agents for treating bacterial infections such as streptococcal pneumonia.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 from provisional application U.S. Ser. No. 60/070,116, filed Dec. 31, 1997, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to essential bacterial genes and their use in identifying antibacterial agents.

Bacterial infections may be cutaneous, subcutaneous, or systemic. Opportunistic bacterial infections proliferate, especially in patients afflicted with AIDS or other diseases that compromise the immune system. The bacterium Streptococcus pneumonia typically infects the respiratory tract and can cause lobar pneumonia, as well as meningitis, sinusitis, and other infections.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention is based on the discovery of 23 genes in the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, and a related gene in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, that are located within operons that are essential for survival. These 23 Streptococcus genes are referred to herein as “GEP genes” (which stands for general essential protein); for convenience, the polypeptides encoded by these genes are referred to herein as “GEP polypeptides.” Each GEP gene is located within an operon that contains a gene that is essential for survival of Streptococcus pneumoniae; the essential gene can be the GEP gene or another gene located within the same operon. Bacterial operons contain several genes that are related, e.g., with respect to function or biochemical pathway. Transcription of an operon leads to the production of a single transcript in which multiple coding regions are linked. Thus, an operon containing one or more essential genes can be considered an “essential operon,” since disruption of expression of one gene located within the operon will interfere with expression of the other genes in the operon. Each coding region of the transcript is separately translated into an individual polypeptide by ribosomes that initiate translation at multiple points along the transcript. Having identified one gene in the operon, one can readily identify and sequence the other genes located within the operon.

The genes encoding the GEP polypeptides are useful molecular tools for identifying similar genes in pathogenic microorganisms, such as pathogenic strains of Bacillus. In addition, the operons containing genes encoding GEP polypeptides, and the polypeptides encoded by such operons, are useful targets for identifying compounds that are inhibitors of the pathogens in which the GEP polypeptides are expressed. Such inhibitors inhibit bacterial growth by being bacteriostatic (e.g., inhibiting reproduction or cell division) or by being bacteriocidal (i.e., by causing cell death).

The invention, therefore, features an isolated polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid located within an operon encoding a GEP polypeptide, termed gep103, having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, or conservative variations thereof. An isolated operon comprising a nucleic acid encoding gep103 also is included within the invention. In addition, the invention includes an isolated nucleic acid of (a) an operon comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, as depicted in FIG. 1, or degenerate variants thereof; (b) an operon comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, or degenerate variants thereof, wherein T is replaced by U; (c) nucleic acids complementary to (a) and (b); and (d) fragments of (a), (b), and (c) that are at least 15 base pairs in length and that hybridize under stringent conditions to genomic DNA encoding the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:1. As described above for gep103, other nucleic acids and polypeptides encoded by nucleic acids located within operons encoding GEP polypeptides are included within the invention, including: (a) operons comprising the nucleic acids represented by the SEQ ID NOs. listed below, as depicted in the Figures listed below, or degenerate variants thereof; (b) operons comprising the nucleic acids represented by the SEQ ID NOs. listed below, wherein T is replaced by U; (c) nucleic acids complementary to (a) and (b); and (d) fragments of (a), (b), and (c) that are at least 15 base pairs in length and that hybridize under stringent conditions to genomic DNA 5 encoding the polypeptides represented by the SEQ ID NOs. listed below.

TABLE 1 GEP nucleic acids and polypeptides SEQ ID SEQ ID NO. OF NO. OF THE NON- THE CODING CODING GEP STRAND STRAND NUCLEIC SEQ ID OF THE OF THE ACID OR NO. OF NUCLEIC NUCLEIC POLY- FIG. AMINO ACID ACID ACID PEPTIDE NO. SEQUENCE SEQUENCE SEQUENCE gep103 1 1 2 3 gep1119 2A-B 4 5 6 gep1122 3A-D 7 8 9 gep1315 4A-B 10 11 12 gep1493 5 13 14 15 gep1507 6 16 17 18 gep1511 7A-B 19 20 21 gep1518 8A-C 22 23 24 gep1546 9 25 26 27 gep1551 10A-B 28 29 30 gep1561 11A-B 31 32 33 gep1580 12A-B 34 35 36 gep1713 13A-B 37 38 39 gep222 14A-B 40 41 42 gep2283 15A-B 43 44 45 gep273 16A-B 46 47 48 gep286 17A-B 49 50 51 gep311 18A-B 52 53 54 gep3262 19 55 56 57 gep3387 20 58 59 60 gep47 21A-C 61 62 63 gep61 22A-B 64 65 66 gep76 23A-B 67 68 69

The invention also includes allelic variants (i.e., genes encoding isozymes) of the genes located within operons encoding the GEP polypeptides listed above. For example, the invention includes a gene that encodes a GEP polypeptide but which gene includes one or more point mutations, deletions, promotor variants, or splice site variants, provided that the resulting GEP polypeptide functions as a GEP polypeptide (e.g., as determined in a conventional complementation assay).

Identification of these GEP genes and the determination that they are located within operons containing an essential gene allows homologs of the GEP genes to be found in other organisms strains of Streptococcus. Also, orthologs of these genes can be identified in other species (e.g., Bacillus sp.). While “homologs” are structurally similar genes contained within a species, “orthologs” are functionally equivalent genes from other species (within or outside of a given genus, e.g., from Bacillus subtilis or E. coli). Such homologs and orthologs are expected to be located within operons that are essential for survival. Such homologous and orthologous genes and polypeptides can be used to identify compounds that inhibit the growth of the host organism (e.g., compounds that are bacteriocidal or bacteriostatic against pathogenic strains of the organism). Homologous and orthologous genes and polypeptides that are essential for survival can serve as targets for identifying a broad spectrum of antibacterial agents.

An ortholog of gep1493, termed B-yneS, has been identified in B. subtilis and is essential for survival of B. subtilis. The amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 70), coding sequence (SEQ ID NO:71), and non-coding sequence (SEQ ID NO:72) of B-yneS is set forth in FIGS. 24A-B. As with the other polypeptides and genes disclosed herein, the B-yneS polypeptide and gene can be used in the methods described herein to identify antibacterial agents.

The term gep103 polypeptide or gene as used herein is intended to include the polypeptide and gene set forth in FIG. 1 herein, as well as homologs of the sequences set forth in FIG. 1. Also encompassed by the term gep103 gene are degenerate variants of the nucleic acid sequence set forth in FIG. 1 (SEQ ID NO:2). Degenerate variants of a nucleic acid sequence exist because of the degeneracy of the amino acid code; thus, those sequences that vary from the sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:2, but which nonetheless encode a gep103 polypeptide are included within the invention. Likewise, because of the similarity in the structures of amino acids, conservative variations (as described herein) can be made in the amino acid sequence of the gep103 polypeptide while retaining the function of the polypeptide (e.g., as determined in a conventional complementation assay). Other gep103 polypeptides and genes identified in additional Streptococcus strains may be such conservative variations or degenerate variants of the particular gep103 polypeptide and nucleic acid set forth in FIG. 1 (SEQ ID NOs:1 and 2, respectively). The gep103 polypeptide and gene share at least 80%, e.g., 90%, sequence identity with SEQ ID NOs:1 and 2, respectively. Regardless of the percent sequence identity between the gep103 sequence and the sequence represented by SEQ ID NOs:1 and 2, the gep103 genes and polypeptides encompassed by the invention are able to complement for the lack of gep103 function (e.g., in a temperature-sensitive mutant) in a standard 35 complementation assay. Additional gep103 genes that are identified and cloned from additional Streptococcus strains, and pathogenic strains in particular, can be used to produce gep103 polypeptides for use in the various methods described herein, e.g., for identifying antibacterial agents. Likewise, the terms gep1119, gep1122, gep1315, gep1493, gep1507, gep1511, gep1518, gep1546, gep1551, gep1561, gep1580, gep1713, gep222, gep2283, gep273, gep286, gep311, gep3262, gep3387, gep47, gep61, and gep76 encompass homologs, conservative variations, and degenerate variants of the sequences depicted in FIGS. 2A-23B, respectively. Such homologs, conservative variations, and degenerate variants also are included within the invention.

Since the various GEP genes described herein have been identified and shown to be located within operons that are essential for survival, the GEP genes and polypeptides encoded by nucleic acid sequences located within operons containing GEP genes and their homologs and orthologs can be used to identify antibacterial agents. More specifically, the polypeptides encoded by nucleic acid sequences located within operons containing GEP genes can be used, separately or together, in assays to identify test compounds that bind to these polypeptides. Such test compounds are expected to be antibacterial agents, in contrast to compounds that do not bind to these GEP polypeptides. As described herein, any of a variety of art-known methods can be used to assay for binding of test compounds to the polypeptides. The invention includes, for example, a method for identifying an antibacterial agent where the method entails: (a) contacting a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid sequence located within an operon containing a GEP gene, or homolog or ortholog thereof, with a test compound; (b) detecting binding of the test compound to the polypeptide or homolog or ortholog; and (c) determining whether a test compound that binds to the polypeptide or homolog or ortholog inhibits growth of bacteria, relative to growth of bacteria cultured in the absence of the test compound that binds to the polypeptide or homolog or ortholog, as an indication that the test compound is an antibacterial agent.

In various embodiments, the GEP polypeptide is derived from a non-pathogenic or pathogenic Streptococcus strain, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus endocarditis, Streptococcus faecium, Streptococcus sangus, Streptococcus viridans, and Streptococcus hemolyticus. Suitable orthologs of the Streptococcus GEP genes can be derived from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. The test compound can be immobilized on a substrate, and binding of the test compound to the polypeptide or homolog or ortholog can be detected as immobilization of the polypeptide or homolog or ortholog on the immobilized test compound, e.g., in an immunoassay with an antibody that specifically binds to the polypeptide.

If desired, the test compound can be a test polypeptide (e.g., a polypeptide having a random or predetermined amino acid sequence; or a naturally-occurring or synthetic polypeptide). Alternatively, the test compound can be a nucleic acid, such as a DNA or RNA molecule. In addition, small organic molecules can be tested. The test compound can be a naturally-occurring compound or it can be synthetically produced, if desired. Synthetic libraries, chemical libraries, and the like can be screened to identify compounds that bind to the polypeptides. More generally, binding of test compounds to the polypeptide or homolog or ortholog can be detected either in vitro or in vivo. Regardless of the source of the test compound, the polypeptides described herein can be used to identify compounds that are bactericidal or bacteriostatic to a variety of pathogenic or non-pathogenic strains.

In an exemplary method, binding of a test compound to a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid located within an operon containing a GEP gene can be detected in a conventional two-hybrid system for detecting protein/protein interactions (e.g., in yeast or mammalian cells). Generally, in such a method, (a) the polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid located within an operon containing a GEP gene is provided as a fusion protein that includes the polypeptide fused to (i) a transcription activation domain of a transcription factor or (ii) a DNA-binding domain of a transcription factor; (b) the test polypeptide is provided as a fusion protein that includes the test polypeptide fused to (i) a transcription activation domain of a transcription factor or (ii) a DNA-binding domain of a transcription factor; and (c) binding of the test polypeptide to the polypeptide is detected as reconstitution of a transcription factor. Homologs and orthologs of the GEP polypeptides can be used in similar methods. Reconstitution of the transcription factor can be detected, for example, by detecting transcription of a gene that is operably linked to a DNA sequence bound by the DNA-binding domain of the reconstituted transcription factor (See, for example, White, 1996, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93:10001-10003 and references cited therein and Vidal et al., 1996, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93:10315-10320).

In an alternative method, an isolated operon containing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a GEP polypeptide is used to identify a compound that decreases the expression of a GEP polypeptide in vivo. Such compounds can be used as antibacterial agents. To discover such compounds, cells that express a GEP polypeptide are cultured, exposed to a test compound (or a mixture of test compounds), and the level of expression or activity is compared with the level of GEP polypeptide expression or activity in cells that are otherwise identical but that have not been exposed to the test compound(s). Many standard quantitative assays of gene expression can be utilized in this aspect of the invention.

To identify compounds that modulate expression of a GEP polypeptide (or homologous or orthologous sequence), the test compound(s) can be added at varying concentrations to the culture medium of cells that express a GEP polypeptide (or homolog or ortholog), as described herein. Such test compounds can include small molecules (typically, non-protein, non-polysaccharide chemical entities), polypeptides, and nucleic acids. The expression of the GEP polypeptide is then measured, for example, by Northern blot PCR analysis or RNAse protection analyses using a nucleic acid molecule of the invention as a probe. The level of expression in the presence of the test molecule, compared with the level of expression in its absence, will indicate whether or not the test molecule alters the expression of the GEP polypeptide. Because the GEP polypeptides are expressed from operons that are essential for survival, test compounds that inhibit the expression and/or function of the GEP polypeptide will inhibit growth of the cells or kill the cells.

Compounds that modulate the expression of the polypeptides of the invention can be identified by carrying out the assays described herein and then measuring the levels of the GEP polypeptides expressed in the cells, e.g., by performing a Western blot analysis using antibodies that bind to a GEP polypeptide.

The invention further features methods of identifying from a large group of mutants those strains that have conditional lethal mutations. In general, the gene and corresponding gene product are subsequently identified, although the strains themselves can be used in screening or diagnostic assays. The mechanism(s) of action for the identified genes and gene products provide a rational basis for the design of antibacterial therapeutic agents. These antibacterial agents reduce the action of the gene product in a wild type strain, and therefore are useful in treating a subject with that type, or a similarly susceptible type of infection by administering the agent to the subject in a pharmaceutically effective amount. Reduction in the action of the gene product includes competitive inhibition of the gene product for the active site of an enzyme or receptor; non-competitive inhibition; disrupting an intracellular cascade path which requires the gene product; binding to the gene product itself, before or after post-translational processing; and acting as a gene product mimetic, thereby down-regulating the activity. Therapeutic agents include monoclonal antibodies raised against the gene product.

Furthermore, the presence of the gene sequence in certain cells (e.g., a pathogenic bacterium of the same genus or similar species), and the absence or divergence of the sequence in host cells can be determined, if desired. Therapeutic agents directed toward genes or gene products that are not present in the host have several advantages, including fewer side effects, and lower overall dosage.

The invention includes pharmaceutical formulations that include a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and an antibacterial agent identified using the methods described herein. In particular, the invention includes pharmaceutical formulations that contain antibacterial agents that inhibit the growth of, or kill, pathogenic Streptococcus strains. Such pharmaceutical formulations can be used for treating a Streptococcus infection in an organism. Such a method entails administering to the organism a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical formulation. In particular, such pharmaceutical formulations can be used to treat streptococcal pneumonia in mammals such as humans and domesticated mammals (e.g., cows, pigs, dogs, and cats), and in plants. The efficacy of such antibacterial agents in humans can be estimated in an animal model system well known to those of skill in the art (e.g., mouse and rabbit model systems).

Also included within the invention are polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to the various GEP polypeptides described herein (e.g., gep103). Such antibodies can facilitate detection of GEP polypeptides in various Streptococcus strains. These antibodies also are useful for detecting binding of a test compound to GEP polypeptides (e.g., using the assays described herein). In addition, monoclonal antibodies that bind to GEP polypeptides are themselves adequate antibacterial agents when administered to a mammal, as such monoclonal antibodies are expected to impede one or more functions of GEP polypeptides.

As used herein, “nucleic acids” encompass both RNA and DNA, including genomic DNA and synthetic (e.g., chemically synthesized) DNA. The nucleic acid can be double-stranded or single-stranded. Where single-stranded, the nucleic acid may be a sense strand or an antisense strand. The nucleic acid may be synthesized using oligonucleotide analogs or derivatives (e.g., inosine or phosphorothioate nucleotides). Such oligonucleotides can be used, for example, to prepare nucleic acids that have altered base-pairing abilities or increased resistance to nucleases.

An “isolated nucleic acid” is a DNA or RNA that is not immediately contiguous with both of the coding sequences with which it is immediately contiguous (one on the 5′ end and one on the 3′ end) in the naturally occurring genome of the organism from which it is derived. Thus, in one embodiment, an isolated nucleic acid includes some or all of the 5′ non-coding (e.g., promoter) sequences that are immediately contiguous to the coding sequence. The term therefore includes, for example, a recombinant DNA that is incorporated into a vector, into an autonomously replicating plasmid or virus, or into the genomic DNA of a prokaryote or eukaryote, or which exists as a separate molecule (e.g., a genomic DNA fragment produced by PCR or restriction endonuclease treatment) independent of other sequences. It also includes a recombinant DNA that is part of a hybrid gene encoding an additional polypeptide sequence. The term “isolated” can refer to a nucleic acid or polypeptide that is substantially free of cellular material, viral material, or culture medium (when produced by recombinant DNA techniques), or chemical precursors or other chemicals (when chemically synthesized). Moreover, an “isolated nucleic acid fragment” is a nucleic acid fragment that is not naturally occurring as a fragment and would not be found in the natural state. As used herein, the term “isolated nucleic acid molecule” includes an operon containing a contiguous cluster of linked sequences. “Isolated operons” are those operons that are not naturally occurring and which are not associated with the sequences by which they are normally surrounded in a bacterial genome.

A nucleic acid sequence that is “substantially identical” to a GEP nucleotide sequence is at least 80% (e.g., 85%) identical to the nucleotide sequence of the nucleic acid sequences represented by the SEQ ID NOs listed in Table 1, as depicted in FIGS. 1-23B. For purposes of comparison of nucleic acids, the length of the reference nucleic acid sequence will generally be at least 40 nucleotides, e.g., at least 60 nucleotides or more nucleotides. Sequence identity can be measured using sequence analysis software (e.g., Sequence Analysis Software Package of the Genetics Computer Group, University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, Wis. 53705).

The GEP polypeptides useful in practicing the invention include, but are not limited to, recombinant polypeptides and natural polypeptides. Also useful in the invention are nucleic acid sequences that encode forms of GEP polypeptides in which naturally occurring amino acid sequences are altered or deleted. Preferred nucleic acids encode polypeptides that are soluble under normal physiological conditions. Also within the invention are nucleic acids encoding fusion proteins in which a portion of a GEP polypeptide is fused to an unrelated polypeptide (e.g., a marker polypeptide or a fusion partner) to create a fusion protein. For example, the polypeptide can be fused to a hexa-histidine tag to facilitate purification of bacterially expressed polypeptides, or to a hemagglutinin tag to facilitate purification of polypeptides expressed in eukaryotic cells. The invention also includes, for example, isolated polypeptides (and the nucleic acids that encode these polypeptides) that include a first portion and a second portion; the first portion includes, e.g., a GEP polypeptide, and the second portion includes an immunoglobulin constant (Fc) region or a detectable marker.

The fusion partner can be, for example, a polypeptide which facilitates secretion, e.g., a secretory sequence. Such a fused polypeptide is typically referred to as a preprotein. The secretory sequence can be cleaved by the host cell to form the mature protein. Also within the invention are nucleic acids that encode a GEP polypeptide fused to a polypeptide sequence to produce an inactive preprotein. Preproteins can be converted into the active form of the protein by removal of the inactivating sequence.

The invention also includes nucleic acids that hybridize, e.g., under stringent hybridization conditions (as defined herein) to all or a portion of the nucleotide sequences represented by the SEQ ID NOs. listed in Table 1, or their complements. The hybridizing portion of the hybridizing nucleic acids is typically at least 15 (e.g., 20, 30, or 50) nucleotides in length. The hybridizing portion of the hybridizing nucleic acid is at least 80%, e.g., at least 95%, or at least 98%, identical to the sequence of a portion or all of a nucleic acid encoding a GEP polypeptide or its complement. Hybridizing nucleic acids of the type described herein can be used as a cloning probe, a primer (e.g., a PCR primer), or a diagnostic probe. Nucleic acids that hybridize to the nucleotide sequences represented by the SEQ ID NOs. listed in Table 1 are considered “antisense oligonucleotides.” Also included within the invention are ribozymes that inhibit the function of operons containing the GEP genes of the invention, as determined, for example, in a complementation assay.

Also useful in the invention are various cells, e.g., transformed host cells, that contain a GEP nucleic acid described herein. A “transformed cell” is a cell into which (or into an ancestor of which) has been introduced, by means of recombinant DNA techniques, a nucleic acid encoding a GEP polypeptide. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells are included, e.g., bacteria, Streptococcus, Bacillus, and the like.

Also useful in the invention are genetic constructs (e.g., vectors and plasmids) that include a nucleic acid of the invention which is operably linked to a transcription and/or translation sequence to enable expression, e.g., expression vectors. By “operably linked” is meant that a selected nucleic acid, e.g., a DNA molecule encoding a GEP polypeptide, is positioned adjacent to one or more sequence elements, e.g., a promoter, which directs transcription and/or translation of the sequence such that the sequence elements can control transcription and/or translation of the selected nucleic acid.

The invention also features purified or isolated polypeptides encoded by nucleic acids located within operons containing GEP genes, as listed in Table 1. As used herein, both “protein” and “polypeptide” mean any chain of amino acids, regardless of length or post-translational modification (e.g., glycosylation or phosphorylation). Thus, the terms gep103 polypeptide, gep1119 polypeptide, gep1122 polypeptide, gep1315 polypeptide, gep1493 polypeptide, gep1507 polypeptide, gep1511 polypeptide, gep1518 polypeptide, gep1546 polypeptide, gep1551 polypeptide, gep1561 polypeptide, gep1580 polypeptide, gep1713 polypeptide, gep222 polypeptide, gep2283 polypeptide, gep273 polypeptide, gep286 polypeptide, gep311 polypeptide, gep3262 polypeptide, gep3387 polypeptide, gep47 polypeptide, gep61 polypeptide, and gep76 polypeptide include full-length, naturally occurring gep103, gep1119, gep1122, gep1315, gep1493, gep1507, gep1511, gep1518, gep1546, gep1551, gep1561, gep1580, gep1713, gep222, gep2283, gep273, gep286, gep311, gep3262, gep3387, gep47, gep61, and gep76 proteins, respectively, as well as recombinantly or synthetically produced polypeptides that correspond to the full-length, naturally occurring proteins, or to a portion of the naturally occurring or synthetic polypeptide.

A “purified” or “isolated” compound is a composition that is at least 60% by weight the compound of interest, e.g., a GEP polypeptide or antibody. Preferably the preparation is at least 75% (e.g., at least 90% or 99%) by weight the compound of interest. Purity can be measured by any appropriate standard method, e.g., column chromatography, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, or HPLC analysis.

Preferred GEP polypeptides include a sequence substantially identical to all or a portion of a naturally occurring GEP polypeptide, e.g., including all or a portion of the sequences shown in FIGS. 1-23B. Polypeptides “substantially identical” to the GEP polypeptide sequences described herein have an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% (e.g., 85%, 90%, 95%, or 99%) identical to the amino acid sequence of the GEP polypeptides represented by the SEQ ID NOs. listed in Table 1. For purposes of comparison, the length of the reference GEP polypeptide sequence will generally be at least 16 amino acids, e.g., at least 20 or 25 amino acids.

In the case of polypeptide sequences that are less than 100% identical to a reference sequence, the non-identical positions are preferably, but not necessarily, conservative substitutions for the reference sequence. Conservative substitutions typically include substitutions within the following groups: glycine and alanine; valine, isoleucine, and leucine; aspartic acid and glutamic acid; asparagine and glutamine; serine and threonine; lysine and arginine; and phenylalanine and tyrosine.

Where a particular polypeptide is said to have a specific percent identity to a reference polypeptide of a defined length, the percent identity is relative to the reference polypeptide. Thus, a polypeptide that is 50% identical to a reference polypeptide that is 100 amino acids long can be a 50 amino acid polypeptide that is completely identical to a 50 amino acid long portion of the reference polypeptide. It also might be a 100 amino acid long polypeptide which is 50% identical to the reference polypeptide over its entire length. Of course, other polypeptides also will meet the same criteria.

The invention also features purified or isolated antibodies that specifically bind to a GEP polypeptide. By “specifically binds” is meant that an antibody recognizes and binds to a particular antigen, e.g., a GEP polypeptide, but does not substantially recognize and bind to other molecules in a sample, e.g., a biological sample that naturally includes a GEP polypeptide.

In another aspect, the invention features a method for detecting a GEP polypeptide in a sample. This method includes: obtaining a sample suspected of containing a GEP polypeptide; contacting the sample with an antibody that specifically binds to a GEP polypeptide under conditions that allow the formation of complexes of an antibody and the GEP polypeptide; and detecting the complexes, if any, as an indication of the presence of a GEP polypeptide in the sample.

Also encompassed by the invention is a method of obtaining a gene related to (i.e., a functional homolog or ortholog of) a GEP gene. Such a method entails obtaining a labeled probe that includes an isolated nucleic acid which encodes all or a portion of a GEP nucleic acid, or a homolog or ortholog thereof; screening a nucleic acid fragment library with the labeled probe under conditions that allow hybridization of the probe to nucleic acid fragments in the library, thereby forming nucleic acid duplexes; isolating labeled duplexes, if any; and preparing a full-length gene sequence from the nucleic acid fragments in any labeled duplex to obtain a gene related to the GEP gene.

The invention offers several advantages. For example, the methods for identifying antibacterial agents can be configured for high throughput screening of numerous candidate antibacterial agents.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Although methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention, suitable methods and materials are described herein. All publications, patent applications, patents, and other references mentioned herein are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. In the case of a conflict, the present specification, including definitions, will control. In addition, the materials, methods, and examples are illustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention, which is defined by the claims.

Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description, and from the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep103 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:1, 2, and 3 respectively).

FIGS. 2A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep1119 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:4, 5 and 6, respectively).

FIGS. 3A-D are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep1122 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:7, 8, and 9, respectively).

FIGS. 4A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep1315 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:10, 11, and 12, respectively).

FIG. 5 is a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep1493 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:13, 14, and 15, respectively).

FIG. 6 is a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep1507 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia (SEQ ID NOs:16, 17, and 18, respectively).

FIGS. 7A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep1511 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia (SEQ ID NOs:19, 20, and 21, respectively).

FIGS. 8A-C are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep1518 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia (SEQ ID NOs:22, 23, and 24, respectively).

FIG. 9 is a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep1546 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:25, 26, and 27, respectively).

FIGS. 10A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep1551 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:28, 29, and 30, respectively).

FIGS. 11A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep1561 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:31, 32, and 33, respectively).

FIGS. 12A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep1580 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:34, 35, and 36, respectively).

FIGS. 13A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep1713 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia (SEQ ID NOs:37, 38, and 39, respectively).

FIGS. 14A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep222 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia (SEQ ID NOs:40, 41, and 42, respectively).

FIGS. 15A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep2283 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia (SEQ ID NOs:43, 44, and 45, respectively).

FIGS. 16A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep273 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:46, 47, and 48, respectively).

FIGS. 17A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep286 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:49, 50, and 51, respectively).

FIGS. 18A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep311 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia (SEQ ID NOs:52, 53, and 54, respectively).

FIG. 19 is a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep3262 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia (SEQ ID NOs:55, 56, and 57, respectively).

FIG. 20 is a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep3387 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia (SEQ ID NOs:58, 59, and 60, respectively).

FIGS. 21A-C are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep47 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:61, 62, and 63, respectively).

FIGS. 22A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding 10 strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep61 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:64, 65, and 66, respectively).

FIGS. 23A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the gep76 polypeptide and gene from a Streptococcus pneumonia strain (SEQ ID NOs:67, 68, and 69, respectively).

FIGS. 24A-B are a representation of the amino acid and coding strand and non-coding strand nucleic acid sequences of the B-yneS polypeptide and gene from a Bacillus subtilis strain (SEQ ID NOs:70, 71, and 72, respectively).

FIG. 25 is a schematic representation of the PCR strategy used to produce DNA molecules used for targeted deletions of essential genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

FIG. 26 is a schematic representation of the strategy used to produce targeted deletions of essential genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Identifying Streptococcus Genes in Essential Operons

As shown by the experiments described below, each of the GEP genes is located within an operon that is essential for survival of Streptococcus pneumonia. Streptococcus pneumonia is available from the ATCC. To identify genes located within essential operons, mutants of Streptococcus pneumonia were produced. In general, mutagenesis of Streptococcus pneumonia can be accomplished using any of various art-known methods.

In general, and for the examples set forth below, genes located within essential Streptococcus pneumonia operons can be identified using genes from a Streptococcus pneumonia RX1 genomic library, which was produced using standard methods (see Kim et al., Nucl. Acids. Res. 20: 1083-1085 (1992) and Ausubel et al. (eds.), 1995, Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, (John Wiley & Sons, N.Y.)). Genes in this Streptococcus library were disrupted using a shuttle mutagenesis approach with the transposon TnPho-A. Each disrupted gene then was tested to determine whether it was located within an operon that is essential for survival of Streptococcus pneumonia. In this method, 2 ml of LB broth supplemented with chloramphenicol (10 μg/ml), MgSO₄ (10 mM) and maltose (0.2%) were inoculated with 50 μl of the Streptococcus pneumonia RX-1 plasmid library. The culture was grown at 37° C. while shaking until the OD₆₅₀ of the culture reached 0.8 (approximately 2 hours). A 1 ml aliquot of TnPho-A-containing phage (10⁹ pfu/ml) was added to 1 ml of the Streptococcus culture, producing a ratio of approximately 10 phage to 1 cell. The phage and cells were incubated at 37° C. for 30 minutes. A 4 ml aliquot of LB broth, warmed to 370° C., then was added to the phage/cell mixture, and the mixture was incubated at 37° C., while shaking, for 1 hour. The cells then were pelleted by centrifuging them at 3500 rpm in a Beckman tabletop centrifuge for 5 minutes.

The pelleted cells then were resuspended in 800 μl of LB broth, and a 200 μl aliquot of cells was plated onto each of four petri plates containing LB agar supplemented with chloramphenicol (10 μg/ml), kanamycin (50 μg/ml), and erythromycin (300 μg/ml). The plates then were incubated overnight at 37° C., and the number of colonies appearing on the plates was counted. Approximately 18,000 colonies then were pooled and used to inoculate 50 ml of LB broth, which was incubated overnight at 37° C. Plasmid DNA from the culture then was extracted using a Qiagen MIDI Prep Kit; other art-known extraction methods can be substituted.

The concentration of the extracted DNA was measured, and 100 ng of the DNA was transformed, by electroporation, into E. coli DH1OB cells (Gibco BRL). A 1 ml aliquot of SOC broth then was added the transformed cells, and the cells were incubated at 37° C. for 1 hour before being pelleted by centrifugation at 3500 RPM for 5 minutes. The cells then were resuspended in 200 μl of LB broth, and aliquots of 2, 20, and 50 μl were plated onto petri plates containing LB agar and antibiotics as described above. After incubating the plates overnight at 37° C., 93 colonies were picked and used, individually, to inoculate 1.25 ml of Terrific broth supplemented with chloramphenicol (10 μg/ml), kanamycin (50μg/ml), and erythromycin (300 μg/ml). The cultures were incubated at 37° C. G for approximately 20 hours, while shaking. The DNA from each culture then was extracted, using a conventional alkaline lysis miniprep method.

The extracted DNA samples then were used, individually, to transform Streptococcus pneumonia cells in a 96-well microtitre format. The transposon promotes insertion of the mutagenized gene into the bacterial chromosome. Non-transforming clones indicate that the mutation was within an operon containing an essential gene.

The non-transforming clones then were grown in 50 ml of Terrific broth supplemented with chloramphenicol (10 μg/ml), kanamycin (50 μg/ml), and erythromycin (300 μg/ml). DNA from these clones was extracted and retransformed into Streptococcus pneumonia and plated on petri dishes to confirm that they were non-transforming. The genes located within essential operons then were sequenced, using primers that hybridize to sequences of the transposon. The sequences of the primers were:

5′ GCAGCCCGGTTTTCCAGAACAGG3′ (SEQ ID NO: 73) and

5′ GATTTAGCCCAGTCGGCCGCACG3′ (SEQ ID NO: 74).

In an alternative method, which also was used, the transposon Tn 10 was used to disrupt genes in a Streptococcus pneumonia fosmid library, which was produced using standard methods. A 50 ml aliquot of TBMM broth supplemented with chloramphenicol (10 μg/ml), MgSO₄ (10 mM), and maltose (0.2%) were inoculated with a single fosmid colony from the fosmid library, and the cultures were grown overnight at 37° C. The cells then were pelleted and resuspended in 5 ml of LB broth supplemented with chloramphenicol (10 μg/ml), MgSO₄ (10 mM), and maltose (0.2%). A 100 μl aliquot of the cells then was mixed with 100 μl of Tn10 phage lysate (10¹⁰ pfu/ml), and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for 15 minutes and then incubated at 37° C. for 15 minutes.

A 5 ml aliquot of LB broth supplemented with IPTG (1 mM) and sodium citrate (50 mM) and warmed to 37° C. then was added to the cell/phage mixture. After incubating the cell/phage mixture at 37° C., while shaking, the cells were pelleted and resuspended in 800 μl of LB broth. The cells then were plated onto 4 plates of LB agar supplemented with chloramphenicol (10 μg/ml) and erythromycin (300 μg/ml). After incubating the cells overnight at 37° C., at least 10,000 of the resulting colonies were used to inoculate 50 ml of LB broth. DNA then was extracted and quantified using standard methods, and 100 ng of DNA were used to transform E. coli DH10B cells (Gibco BRL) via electroporation. After adding 1 ml of SOC broth to the cells, the cells were incubated at 37° C. for 1 hour. The cells then were pelleted and suspended in 200 μl LB broth, and aliquots of 2, 20, and 50 μl were plated onto LB agar supplemented with chloramphenicol (10 μg/ml), kanamycin (50 μg/ml), and erythromycin (300 μg/ml). The plates then were incubated overnight at 37° C., and 93 colonies were picked and used to inoculate 1.25 ml of Terrific broth supplemented with chloramphenicol (10 μg/ml), kanamycin (50 μg/ml) and erythromycin (300 μg/ml). These cultures were incubated for approximately 20 hours, while shaking, and the DNA was isolated using a standard miniprep method. The extracted DNA then was used to transform Streptococcus pneumonia, and the genes located within essential operons were sequenced as described above. The sequences of the primers used for sequencing were:

5′ CCGCCATTCTTTGCTGTTTCG3′ (SEQ ID NO: 75) and

5′ TTACACGTTACTAAAGGGAATG3′ (SEQ ID NO: 76).

Identification of the gep1493, gep1507, gep1546, gep273, gep286, and gep76 Genes as Essential Genes

As shown by the experiments described below, the gep1493, gep1507, gep1546, gep273, gep286, and gep76 genes each have been shown to be essential for survival of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Each of the gep1493, gep1507, gep1546, gep273, gep286, and gep76 genes has been identified as essential by creating a targeted deletion of each gene, separately, in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Each of the gep1493, gep1507, gep1546, gep273, gep286, and gep76 genes was, separately, replaced with a nucleic acid sequence conferring resistance to the antibiotic erythromycin (an “erm” gene). Other genetic markers can be used in lieu of this particular antibiotic resistance marker. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification was used to make a targeted deletion in the Streptococcus genomic DNA, as shown in FIG. 25. Several PCR reactions were used to produce the DNA molecules needed to carry out target deletion of the genes of interest. First, using primers 5 and 6, an erm gene was amplified from pIL252 from B. subtilis (available from the Bacillus Genetic Stock Center, Columbus, Ohio). Primer 5 consists of 21 nucleotides that are identical to the promoter region of the erm gene and complementary to Sequence A. Primer 5 has the sequence 5′ GTG TTC GTG CTG ACT TGC ACC3′ (SEQ ID NO: 77). Primer 6 consists of 21 nucleotides that are complementary to the 3′ end of the erm gene. Primer 6 has the sequence 5′ GAA TTA TTT CCT CCC GTT AAA3′ (SEQ ID NO: 78). PCR amplification of the erm gene was carried out under the following conditions: 30 cycles of 94° C. for 1 minute, 55° C. for 1 minute, and 72° C. for 1.5 minutes, followed by one cycle of 72° C. for 10 minutes.

In the second and third PCR reactions, sequences flanking the gene of interest were amplified and produced as hybrid DNA molecules that also contained a portion of the erm gene. The second reaction produced a double-stranded DNA molecule (termed “Left Flanking Molecule”) that includes sequences upstream of the 5′ end of the gene of interest and the first 21 nucleotides of the erm gene. As shown in FIG. 25, this reaction utilized primer 1, which is 21 nucleotides in length and identical to a sequence that is located approximately 500 bp upstream of the translation start site of the gene of interest. Primers 1 and 2 are gene-specific and include the sequences 5′ CTC CGT GAA GTC CAC CTG AT3′ (SEQ ID NO:79) and 5′ GGT GCA AGT CAG CAC GAA CAC GCG ACA TAG GTT CCA GTT AGG3′ (SEQ ID NO:80), respectively, for gep1493. Primer 2 is 42 nucleotides in length, with 21 of the nucleotides at the 3′ end of the primer being complementary to the 5′ end of the sense strand of the gene of interest. The 21 nucleotides at the 5′ end of the primer were identical to Sequence A and are therefore complementary to the 5′ end of the erm gene. Thus, PCR amplification using primers 1 and 2 produced the left flanking DNA molecule, which is a hybrid DNA molecule containing a sequence located upstream of the gene of interest and 21 base pairs of the erm gene, as shown in FIG. 25.

The third PCR reaction was similar to the second reaction, but produced the right flanking DNA molecule, shown in FIG. 25. The right flanking DNA molecule contains 21 base pairs of the 3′ end of the erm gene, a 21 base pair portion of the 3′ end of the gene of interest, and sequences downstream of the gene of interest. This right flanking DNA molecule was produced with gene-specific primers 3 and 4. For gep 1493, primers 3 and 4 included the sequences 5′ TTT AAC GGG AGG AAA TAA TTC CCA TAT CGT GGC TCC TGA AT 3′ (SEQ ID NO:81) and 5′ TAA AGC CCT CAT GTC GAA CC3′ (SEQ ID NO:82), respectively. Primer 3 is 42 nucleotides; the 21 nucleotides at the 5′ end of Primer 3 are identical to Sequence B and therefore are identical to the 3′ end of the erm gene. The 21 nucleotides at the 3′ end of Primer 3 are identical to the 3′ end of the gene of interest. Primer 4 is 21 nucleotides in length and is complementary to a sequence located approximately 500 bp downstream of the gene of interest. As discussed above, primers 1-4 are gene-specific, and the sequences disclosed above were used for gep1493. Gene-specific primers were used to identify the other essential genes described herein, as shown in Table 2.

TABLE 2 Primers Used in Identifying Essential Genes Gene Primer 1 Primer 2 Primer 3 Primer 4 gep1493 5′CTCCGTGAAGTC 5′GGTGCAAGTCAGCA 5′TTTAACGGGAGG 5′TTGGCAAGAAGG CACCTGAT3′ CGAACACTGCTCGCGT AAATAATTCGGGGA CAGAGAAT3′ (SEQ ID NO:79) AGATTGATTTG3′ TTGAACCTAACCCA (SEQ ID NO:82) (SEQ ID NO:80) T3′ (SEQ ID NO:81) gepl507 5′GCATGAGAAACC 5′GGTGCAAGTCAGCA 5′TTTAACGGGAGG 5′TAAAGCCCTCAT CAGTCTCC3′ CGAACACGCGACATAG AAATAATTCCCATA GTCGAACC3′ (SEQ ID NO:83) GTTCCAGTTAGG3′ TCGTGGCTCCTGAA (SEQ ID NO:86) (SEQ ID NO:84) T3′ (SEQ ID NO:85) gep1546 5′CAGTGACGATAC 5′ GGTGCAAGTCAGCA 5′TTTAACGGGAGG 5′CCAGCAAAGGAA AGATGAAGAA3′ CGAACACGATGCTGGC AAATAATTCGTCGC AACCGATA3′ (SEQ ID NO:87) TTCGTTGAGTG3′ GACTCCTAGCCATA (SEQ ID NO:90) (SEQ ID NO:88) C3′ (SEQ ID NO:89) gep273 5′GGTCAGTGACAG 5′GGTGCAAGTCAGCA 5′TTTAACGGGAGG 5′CCCATAACCGTA CAGCAGAT3′ CGAACACGGCCTTGGA AAATAATTCCCGCT TCACCTGG3′ (SEQ ID NO:91) AAAAAGACCAT3′ TAAATTCTGCCAAT (SEQ ID NO:94) (SEQ ID NO:92) C3′ (SEQ ID NO:93) gep286 5′CGGAACGGCTAT 5′GGTGCAAGTCAGCA 5′TTTAACGGGAGG 5′TCGCCCTACTTT GAAAA3′ CGAACACACGACGAAA AAATAATTCTGGTA TCGTATGC3′ (SEQ ID NO:95) GGCAACCATAC3′ TGGGGGTTGATGAA (SEQ ID NO:98) (SEQ ID NO:96) G3′ (SEQ ID NO:97) gep76 5′AGCGATATTAGT 5′GGTGCAAGTCAGCA 5′TTTAACGGGAGG 5′GGGATTGTCACG GCGGGAGA3′ CGAACACCAGCAATTT AAATAATTCCTGGG GTAAAACC3′ (SEQ ID NO:99) TGTCATCAGTCG3′ GTAATGGAGCACAG (SEQ ID NO:102) (SEQ ID NO:100) T3′ (SEQ ID NO:101)

PCR amplification of the left and right flanking DNA molecules was carried out, separately, in 50 μl reaction mixtures containing: 1 μl Streptococcus pneumoniae (RX1) DNA (0.25 μg), 2.5 μl Primer 1 or Primer 4 (10 pmol/pl), 2.5 μl Primer 2 or Primer 3 (20 pmol/μl), 1.2 μl a mixture dNTPS (10 mM each), 37 1 μl H₂O, 0.7 μl Taq polymerase (5 U/μl), and 5 μl 10×Taq polymerase buffer (10 mM Tris, 50 mM KCl, 2.5 mM MgCl₂). The left and right flanking DNA molecules were amplified using the following PCR cycling program: 95° C. for 2 minutes; 72° C. for 1 minute; 94° C. for 30 seconds; 49° C. for 30 seconds; 72° C. for 1 minute; repeating the 94° C., 49° C., and 72° C. incubations 30 times; 72° C. for 10 minutes and then stopping the reactions. A 15 μl aliquot of each reaction mixture then was electrophoresed through a 1.2% low melting point agarose gel in TAE buffer and then stained with ethidium bromide. Fragments containing the amplified left and right flanking DNA molecules were excised from the gel and purified using the QIAQUICK™ gel extraction kit (Qiagen, Inc.) Other art-known methods for amplifying and isolating DNA can be substituted. The flanking left and right DNA fragments were eluted into 30 μl TE buffer at pH 8.0.

The amplified erm gene and left and right flanking DNA molecules were then fused together to produce the fusion product, as shown in FIG. 25. The fusion PCR reaction was carried out in a volume of 50 μl containing: 2 μl of each of the left and right flanking DNA molecules and the erm gene PCR product; 5 μl of 10×buffer; 2.5 μl of Primer 1 (10 pmol/μl); 2.5 μl of Primer 4 (10 pmol/μl), 1.2 μl dNTP mix (10 mM each) 32 μl H₂O, and 0.7 μl Taq polymerase. The PCR reaction was carried out using the following cycling program: 95° C. for 2 minutes; 72° C. for 1 minute; 94° C. for 30 seconds, 48° C. for 30 seconds; 72° C. for 3 minutes; repeat the 94° C., 48° C. and 72° C. incubations 25 times; 72° C. for 10 minutes. After the reaction was stopped, a 12 μl aliquot of the reaction mixture was electrophoresed through an agarose gel to confirm the presence of a final product of approximately 2 kb.

A 5 μl aliquot of the fusion product was used to transform S. pneumoniae grown on a medium containing erythromycin in accordance with standard techniques. As shown in FIG. 26, the fusion product and the S. pneumoniae genome undergo a homologous recombination event so that the erm gene replaces the chromosomal copy of the gene of interest, thereby creating a gene knockout. Disruption of an essential gene results in no growth on a medium containing erythromycin. Using this gene knockout method, the gep1493, gep1507, gep1546, gep273, gep286, and gep76 genes were each identified as being essential for survival.

Identification of Homologs and Orthologs of GEP Polypeptides

Having shown that the various GEP genes are essential or located within operons that are essential for survival of Streptococcus, it can be expected that homologs and orthologs of the polypeptides encoded by these genes, when present in other organisms, for example B. subtilis, are essential or located within operons that are essential for survival of that organism as well, and therefore are useful targets for identifying antibacterial agents. Using the sequences of the GEP polypeptides identified in Streptococcus, homologs and orthologs of these polypeptides can be identified in other organisms. For example, the coding sequences of the GEP nucleic acids can be used to search the GenBank database of nucleotide sequences to identify homologs or orthologs that are expressed from essential operons in other organisms. Sequence comparisons can be performed using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) (Altschul et al., J. Mol. Biol., 215:403-410 1990). The percent sequence identity shared by the GEP polypeptides and their homologs or orthologs can be determined using the GAP program from the Genetics Computer Group (GCG) Wisconsin Sequence Analysis Package (Wisconsin Package Version 9.0, GCG; Madison, Wis.). The following parameters are suitable: gap creation penalty, 12 (protein) 50 (DNA); gap extension penalty, 4 (protein) 3 (DNA). Typically, the GEP polypeptides and their homologs share at least 25% (e.g., at least 40%) sequence identity. Typically, the DNA sequences encoding GEP polypeptides and their homologs share at least 35% (e.g., at least 45%) sequence identity. To confirm that the homologs or orthologs of the GEP polypeptides are expressed from operons that are essential for survival of bacteria, the operon encoding each of the homologs or orthologs can be, separately, deleted from the genome of the host organism.

Identification of Essential Operons in Additional Streptococcus Strains

Now that the various GEP genes have been identified as being located within operons that are essential for survival, these genes, or fragments thereof, can be used to detect homologous or orthologous genes in other organisms. In particular, these genes can be used to analyze various pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains of bacteria. Fragments of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) encoding a GEP polypeptide or homolog or ortholog (or sequences complementary thereto) can be used as probes in conventional nucleic acid hybridization assays of pathogenic bacteria. For example, nucleic acid probes (which typically are 8-30, or usually 15-20, nucleotides in length) can be used to detect GEP genes or homologs or orthologs thereof in art-known molecular biology methods, such as Southern blotting, Northern blotting, dot or slot blotting, PCR amplification methods, colony hybridization methods, and the like. Typically, an oligonucleotide probe based on the nucleic acid sequences described herein, or fragments thereof, is labeled and used to screen a genomic library constructed from mRNA obtained from a Streptococcus or bacterial strain of interest. A suitable method of labeling involves using polynucleotide kinase to add ³²P-labeled ATP to the oligonucleotide used as the probe. This method is well known in the art, as are several other suitable methods (e.g., biotinylation and enzyme labeling).

Hybridization of the oligonucleotide probe to the library, or other nucleic acid sample, typically is performed under stringent to highly stringent conditions. Nucleic acid duplex or hybrid stability is expressed as the melting temperature or T_(m), which is the temperature at which a probe dissociates from a target DNA. This melting temperature is used to define the required stringency conditions. If sequences are to be identified that are related and substantially identical to the probe, rather than identical, then it is useful to first establish the lowest temperature at which only homologous hybridization occurs with a particular concentration of salt (e.g., SSC or SSPE). Then, assuming that 1% mismatching results in a 1° C. decrease in the T_(m), the temperature of the final wash in the hybridization reaction is reduced accordingly (for example, if sequences having ≧95% identity with the probe are sought, the final wash temperature is decreased by 5° C.). In practice, the change in T_(m) can be between 0.5° and 1.5° C. per 1% mismatch.

As used herein, highly stringent conditions refer to hybridization at 68° C. in 5×SSC/5×Denhardt's solution/1.0% SDS, and washing in 0.2×SSC/0.1% SDS at 42° C. Stringent conditions refer to washing in 3×SSC at 42° C. The parameters of salt concentration and temperature can be varied to achieve the optimal level of identity between the probe and the target nucleic acid. Additional guidance regarding such conditions is readily available in the art, for example, by Sambrook et al., 1989, Molecular Cloning, A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Press, N.Y.; and Ausubel et al. (eds.), 1995, Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, (John Wiley & Sons, N.Y.) at Unit 2.10.

In one approach, libraries constructed from pathogenic or non-pathogenic Streptococcus or bacterial strains can be screened. For example, such strains can be screened for expression of GEP genes by Northern blot analysis. Upon detection of transcripts of the GEP genes or homologs or orthologs thereof, libraries can be constructed from RNA isolated from the appropriate strain, utilizing standard techniques well known to those of skill in the art. Alternatively, a total genomic DNA library can be screened using an GEP gene probe (or a probe directed to a homolog or ortholog thereof).

New gene sequences can be isolated, for example, by performing PCR using two degenerate oligonucleotide primer pools designed on the basis of nucleotide sequences within the GEP genes, or their homologs or orthologs, as depicted herein. The template for the reaction can be DNA obtained from strains known or suspected to express a GEP allele or an allele of a homolog or ortholog thereof. The PCR product can be subcloned and sequenced to ensure that the amplified sequences represent the sequences of a new GEP nucleic acid sequence, or a sequence of a homolog or ortholog thereof.

Synthesis of the various GEP polypeptides or their homologs or orthologs (or an antigenic fragment thereof) for use as antigens, or for other purposes, can readily be accomplished using any of the various art-known techniques. For example, a polypeptide or homolog or ortholog thereof, or an antigenic fragment(s), can be synthesized chemically in vitro, or enzymatically (e.g., by in vitro transcription and translation). Alternatively, the gene can be expressed in, and the polypeptide purified from, a cell (e.g., a cultured cell) by using any of the numerous, available gene expression systems. For example, the polypeptide antigen can be produced in a prokaryotic host (e.g., E. coli or B. subtilis) or in eukaryotic cells, such as yeast cells or insect cells (e.g., by using a baculovirus-based expression vector).

Proteins and polypeptides can also be produced in plant cells, if desired. For plant cells viral expression vectors (e.g., cauliflower mosaic virus and tobacco mosaic virus) and plasmid expression vectors (e.g., Ti plasmid) are suitable. Such cells are available from a wide range of sources (e.g., the American Type Culture Collection, Rockland, Md.; also, see, e.g., Ausubel et al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1994). The optimal methods of transformation or transfection and the choice of expression vehicle will depend on the host system selected. Transformation and transfection methods are described, e.g., in Ausubel et al., supra; expression vehicles may be chosen from those provided, e.g., in Cloning Vectors: A Laboratory Manual (P. H. Pouwels et al., 1985, Supp. 1987). The host cells harboring the expression vehicle can be cultured in conventional nutrient media, adapted as needed for activation of a chosen gene, repression of a chosen gene, selection of transformants, or amplification of a chosen gene.

If desired, GEP polypeptides or their homologs or orthologs can be produced as fusion proteins. For example, the expression vector pUR278 (Ruther et al., EMBO J., 2:1791, 1983) can be used to create lacZ fusion proteins. The art-known pGEX vectors can be used to express foreign polypeptides as fusion proteins with glutathione S-transferase (GST). In general, such fusion proteins are soluble and can be easily purified from lysed cells by adsorption to glutathione-agarose beads followed by elution in the presence of free glutathione. The pGEX vectors are designed to include thrombin or factor Xa protease cleavage sites so that the cloned target gene product can be released from the GST moiety.

In an exemplary insect cell expression system, a baculovirus such as Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcNPV), which grows in Spodoptera frugiperda cells, can be used as a vector to express foreign genes. A coding sequence encoding a GEP polypeptide or homolog or ortholog can be cloned into a non-essential region (for example the polyhedrin gene) of the viral genome and placed under control of a promoter, e.g., the polyhedrin promoter or an exogenous promoter. Successful insertion of a gene encoding a GEP polypeptide or homolog or ortholog can result in inactivation of the polyhedrin gene and production of non-occluded recombinant virus (i.e., virus lacking the proteinaceous coat encoded by the polyhedrin gene). These recombinant viruses are then used to infect insect cells (e.g., Spodoptera frugiperda cells) in which the inserted gene is expressed (see, e.g., Smith et al., J. Virol., 46:584, 1983; Smith, U.S. Pat. No. 4,215,051).

In mammalian host cells, a number of viral-based expression systems can be utilized. When an adenovirus is used as an expression vector, the nucleic acid sequence encoding the GEP polypeptide or homolog or ortholog can be ligated to an adenovirus transcription/translation control complex, e.g., the late promoter and tripartite leader sequence. This chimeric gene can then be inserted into the adenovirus genome by in vitro or in vivo recombination. Insertion into a non-essential region of the viral genome (e.g., region E1 or E3) will result in a recombinant virus that is viable and capable of expressing a essential gene product in infected hosts (see, e.g., Logan, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 81:3655, 1984).

Specific initiation signals may be required for efficient translation of inserted nucleic acid sequences. These signals include the ATG initiation codon and adjacent sequences. In general, exogenous translational control signals, including, perhaps, the ATG initiation codon, should be provided. Furthermore, the initiation codon must be in phase with the reading frame of the desired coding sequence to ensure translation of the entire sequence. These exogenous translational control signals and initiation codons can be of a variety of origins, both natural and synthetic. The efficiency of expression may be enhanced by the inclusion of appropriate transcription enhancer elements, or transcription terminators (Bittner et al., Methods in Enzymol., 153:516, 1987).

The GEP polypeptides and homologs and orthologs can be expressed individually or as fusions with a heterologous polypeptide, such as a signal sequence or other polypeptide having a specific cleavage site at the N-and/or C-terminus of the protein or polypeptide. The heterologous signal sequence selected should be one that is recognized and processed, i.e., cleaved by a signal peptidase, by the host cell in which the fusion protein is expressed.

A host cell can be chosen that modulates the expression of the inserted sequences, or modifies and processes the gene product in a specific, desired fashion. Such modifications and processing (e.g., cleavage) of protein products may facilitate optimal functioning of the protein. Various host cells have characteristic and specific mechanisms for post-translational processing and modification of proteins and gene products. Appropriate cell lines or host systems familiar to those of skill in the art of molecular biology can be chosen to ensure the correct modification and processing of the foreign protein expressed. To this end, eukaryotic host cells that possess the cellular machinery for proper processing of the primary transcript, and phosphorylation of the gene product can be used. Such mammalian host cells include, but are not limited to, CHO, VERO, BHK, HeLa, COS, MDCK, 293, 3T3, WI38, and choroid plexus cell lines.

If desired, the GEP polypeptide or homolog or ortholog thereof can be produced by a stably-transfected mammalian cell line. A number of vectors suitable for stable transection of mammalian cells are available to the public, see, e.g., Pouwels et al. (supra); methods for constructing such cell lines are also publicly known, e.g., in Ausubel et al. (supra). In one example, DNA encoding the protein is cloned into an expression vector that includes the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) gene. Integration of the plasmid and, therefore, the GEP polypeptide-encoding gene into the host cell chromosome is selected for by including 0.01-300 μM methotrexate in the cell culture medium (as described in Ausubel et al., supra). This dominant selection can be accomplished in most cell types.

Recombinant protein expression can be increased by DHFR-mediated amplification of the transfected gene. Methods for selecting cell lines bearing gene amplifications are described in Ausubel et al. (supra); such methods generally involve extended culture in medium containing gradually increasing levels of methotrexate. DHFR-containing expression vectors commonly used for this purpose include PCVSEII-DHFR and pAdD26SV(A) (described in Ausubel et al., supra).

A number of other selection systems can be used, including but not limited to, herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase genes, hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase genes, and adenine phosphoribosyltransferase genes, which can be employed in tk, hgprt, or aprt cells, respectively. In addition, gpt, which confers resistance to mycophenolic acid (Mulligan et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 78:2072, 1981); neo, which confers resistance to the aminoglycoside G-418 (Colberre-Garapin et al., J. Mol. Biol., 150:1, 1981); and hygro, which confers resistance to hygromycin (Santerre et al., Gene, 30:147, 1981), can be used.

Alternatively, any fusion protein can be readily purified by utilizing an antibody or other molecule that specifically binds to the fusion protein being expressed. For example, a system described in Janknecht et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 88:8972 (1981), allows for the ready purification of non-denatured fusion proteins expressed in human cell lines. In this system, the gene of interest is subcloned into a vaccinia recombination plasmid such that the gene's open reading frame is translationally fused to an amino-terminal tag consisting of six histidine residues. Extracts from cells infected with recombinant vaccinia virus are loaded onto Ni²⁺ nitriloacetic acid-agarose columns, and histidine-tagged proteins are selectively eluted with imidazole-containing buffers.

Alternatively, a GEP polypeptide or homolog or ortholog, or a portion thereof, can be fused to an immunoglobulin Fc domain. Such a fusion protein can be readily purified using a protein A column, for example. Moreover, such fusion proteins permit the production of a chimeric form of a GEP polypeptide or homolog or ortholog having increased stability in vivo.

Once the recombinant GEP polypeptide (or homolog or ortholog) is expressed, it can be isolated (i.e., purified). Secreted forms of the polypeptides can be isolated from cell culture media, while non-secreted forms must be isolated from the host cells. Polypeptides can be isolated by affinity chromatography. For example, an anti-gep103 antibody (e.g., produced as described herein) can be attached to a column and used to isolate the protein. Lysis and fractionation of cells harboring the protein prior to affinity chromatography can be performed by standard methods (see, e.g., Ausubel et al., supra). Alternatively, a fusion protein can be constructed and used to isolate a GEP polypeptide (e.g., a gep103-maltose binding fusion protein, a gep-103-β-galactosidase fusion protein, or a gep103-trpE fusion protein; see, e.g., Ausubel et al., supra; New England Biolabs Catalog, Beverly, Mass.). The recombinant protein can, if desired, be further purified, e.g., by high performance liquid chromatography using standard techniques (see, e.g., Fisher, Laboratory Techniques In Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, eds., Work and Burdon, Elsevier, 1980).

Given the amino acid sequences described herein, polypeptides useful in practicing the invention, particularly fragments of GEP polypeptides can be produced by standard chemical synthesis (e.g., by the methods described in Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis, 2nd ed., The Pierce Chemical Co., Rockford, Ill., 1984) and used as antigens, for example.

Antibodies

The GEP polypeptides (or antigenic fragments or analogs of such polypeptides) can be used to raise antibodies useful in the invention, and such polypeptides can be produced by recombinant or peptide synthetic techniques (see, e.g., Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis, supra; Ausubel et al., supra). Likewise, antibodies can be raised against the GEP homologs and orthologs. In general, the polypeptides can be coupled to a carrier protein, such as KLH, as described in Ausubel et al., supra, mixed with an adjuvant, and injected into a host mammal. Antibodies can be purified, for example, by affinity chromatography methods in which the polypeptide antigen is immobilized on a resin.

In particular, various host animals can be immunized by injection of a polypeptide of interest. Examples of suitable host animals include rabbits, mice, guinea pigs, and rats. Various adjuvants can be used to increase the immunological response, depending on the host species, including but not limited to Freund's (complete and incomplete adjuvant), adjuvant mineral gels such as aluminum hydroxide, surface active substances such as lysolecithin, pluronic polyols, polyanions, peptides, oil emulsions, keyhole limpet hemocyanin, dinitrophenol, BCG (bacille Calmette-Guerin) and Corynebacterium parvum. Polyclonal antibodies are heterogeneous populations of antibody molecules derived from the sera of the immunized animals.

Antibodies useful in the invention include monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies, humanized or chimeric antibodies, single chain antibodies, Fab fragments, F(ab′)₂ fragments, and molecules produced using a Fab expression library.

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), which are homogeneous populations of antibodies to a particular antigen, can be prepared using the GEP polypeptides or homologs or orthologs thereof and standard hybridoma technology (see, e.g., Kohler et al., Nature, 256:495, 1975; Kohler et al., Eur. J. Immunol., 6:511, 1976; Kohler et al., Eur. J. Immunol., 6:292, 1976; Hammerling et al., In Monoclonal Antibodies and T Cell Hybridomas, Elsevier, N.Y., 1981; Ausubel et al., supra).

In particular, monoclonal antibodies can be obtained by any technique that provides for the production of antibody 30 molecules by continuous cell lines in culture, such as those described in Kohler et al., Nature, 256:495, 1975, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,376,110; the human B-cell hybridoma technique (Kosbor et al., Immunology Today, 4:72, 1983; Cole et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 80:2026, 1983); and the EBV-hybridoma technique (Cole et al., Monoclonal Antibodies and Cancer Therapy, Alan R. Liss, Inc., pp. 77-96, 1983). Such antibodies can be of any immunoglobulin class including IgG, IgM, IgE, IgA, IgD, and any subclass thereof. The hybridomas producing the mAbs of this invention can be cultivated in vitro or in vivo.

Once produced, polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies are tested for specific recognition of a GEP polypeptide or homolog or ortholog thereof in an immunoassay, such as a Western blot or immunoprecipitation analysis using standard techniques, e.g., as described in Ausubel et al., supra. Antibodies that specifically bind to the GEP polypeptides, or conservative variants and homologs or orthologs thereof, are useful in the invention. For example, such antibodies can be used in an immunoassay to detect a GEP polypeptide in is pathogenic or non-pathogenic strains of bacteria.

Preferably, antibodies of the invention are produced using fragments of the GEP polypeptides that appear likely to be antigenic, by criteria such as high frequency of charged residues. In one specific example, such fragments are generated by standard techniques of PCR, and are then cloned into the pGEX expression vector (Ausubel et al., supra). Fusion proteins are expressed in E. coli and purified using a glutathione agarose affinity matrix as described in Ausubel, et al., supra.

If desired, several (e.g., two or three) fusions can be generated for each protein, and each fusion can be injected into at least two rabbits. Antisera can be raised by injections in a series, typically including at least three booster injections. Typically, the antisera is checked for its ability to immunoprecipitate a recombinant GEP polypeptide or homolog or ortholog, or unrelated control proteins, such as glucocorticoid receptor, chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, or luciferase.

Techniques developed for the production of “chimeric antibodies” (Morrison et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 81:6851, 1984; Neuberger et al., Nature, 312:604, 1984; Takeda et al., Nature, 314:452, 1984) can be used to splice the genes from a mouse antibody molecule of appropriate antigen specificity together with genes from a human antibody molecule of appropriate biological activity. A chimeric antibody is a molecule in which different portions are derived from different animal species, such as those having a variable region derived from a murine mAb and a human immunoglobulin constant region.

Alternatively, techniques described for the production of single chain antibodies (U.S. Pat. No. 4,946,778; and U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,946,778 and 4,704,692) can be adapted to produce single chain antibodies against a GEP polypeptide or homolog or ortholog. Single chain antibodies are formed by linking the heavy and light chain fragments of the Fv region via an amino acid bridge, resulting in a single chain polypeptide.

Antibody fragments that recognize and bind to specific epitopes can be generated by known techniques. For example, such fragments can include but are not limited to F(ab′)₂ fragments, which can be produced by pepsin digestion of the antibody molecule, and Fab fragments, which can be generated by reducing the disulfide bridges of F(ab′)₂ fragments. Alternatively, Fab expression libraries can be constructed (Huse et al., Science, 246:1275, 1989) to allow rapid and easy identification of monoclonal Fab fragments with the desired specificity.

Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to GEP polypeptides or homologs or orthologs can be used, for example, to detect expression of a GEP gene or homolog or ortholog in another strain of bacteria. For example, a GEP polypeptide can be readily detected in conventional immunoassays of bacteria cells or extracts. Examples of suitable assays include, without limitation, Western blotting, ELISAs, radioimmune assays, and the like.

Assay for Antibacterial Agents

The invention provides a method for identifying an antibacterial agent(s). Although the inventors are not bound by any particular theory as to the biological mechanism involved, the new antibacterial agents are thought to inhibit specifically (1) the function of a polypeptide(s) encoded by a nucleic acid located within an operon containing a GEP gene, or (2) expression of the a gene located within an operon containing a GEP gene, or homologs or orthologs thereof. Screening for antibacterial agents can be rapidly accomplished by identifying those compounds (e.g., polypeptides or small molecules) that specifically bind to a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid located within an operon containing a GEP gene. A homolog or ortholog of a GEP polypeptide can be substituted for the GEP polypeptide in the methods summarized herein. Specific binding of a test compound to a polypeptide can be detected, for example, in vitro by reversibly or irreversibly immobilizing the test compound(s) on a substrate, e.g., the surface of a well of a 96-well polystyrene microtitre plate. Methods for immobilizing polypeptides and other small molecules are well known in the art. For example, the microtitre plates can be coated with a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid located within an operon containing a GEP gene (e.g., a GEP polypeptide or a combination of GEP polypeptides and/or homologs and/or orthologs) by adding the polypeptide(s) in a solution (typically, at a concentration of 0.05 to 1 mg/ml in a volume of 1-100 μl) to each well, and incubating the plates at room temperature to 37° C. for 0.1 to 36 hours. Polypeptides that are not bound to the plate can be removed by shaking the excess solution from the plate, and then washing the plate (once or repeatedly) with water or a buffer. Typically, the polypeptide, homolog, or ortholog is contained in water or a buffer. The plate is then washed with a buffer that lacks the bound polypeptide. To block the free protein-binding sites on the plates, the plates are blocked with a protein that is unrelated to the bound polypeptide. For example, 300 μl of bovine serum albumin (BSA) at a concentration of 2 mg/ml in Tris-HCl is suitable. Suitable substrates include those substrates that contain a defined cross-linking chemistry (e.g., plastic substrates, such as polystyrene, styrene, or polypropylene substrates from Corning Costar Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.), for example). If desired, a beaded particle, e.g., beaded agarose or beaded sepharose, can be used as the substrate.

Binding of the test compound to the new polypeptides (or homologs or orthologs thereof) can be detected by any of a variety of art-known methods. For example, an antibody that specifically binds to a GEP polypeptide can be used in an immunoassay. If desired, the antibody can be labeled (e.g., fluorescently or with a radioisotope) and detected directly (see, e.g., West and McMahon, J. Cell Biol. 74:264, 1977). Alternatively, a second antibody can be used for detection (e.g., a labeled antibody that binds to the Fc portion of an anti-GEP103 antibody). In an alternative detection method, the GEP polypeptide is labeled, and the label is detected (e.g., by labeling a GEP polypeptide with a radioisotope, fluorophore, chromophore, or the like). In still another method, the GEP polypeptide is produced as a fusion protein with a protein that can be detected optically, e.g., green fluorescent protein (which can be detected under UV light). In an alternative method, the polypeptide (e.g., gep103) can be produced as a fusion protein with an enzyme having a detectable enzymatic activity, such as horse radish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, β-galactosidase, or glucose oxidase. Genes encoding all of these enzymes have been cloned and are readily available for use by those of skill in the art. If desired, the fusion protein can include an antigen, and such an antigen can be detected and measured with a polyclonal or monoclonal antibody using conventional methods. Suitable antigens include enzymes (e.g., horse radish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, and β-galactosidase) and non-enzymatic polypeptides (e.g., serum proteins, such as BSA and globulins, and milk proteins, such as caseins).

In various in vivo methods for identifying polypeptides that bind to GEP polypeptides, the conventional two-hybrid assays of protein/protein interactions can be used (see e.g., Chien et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 88:9578, 1991; Fields et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,283,173; Fields and Song, Nature, 340:245, 1989; Le Douarin et al., Nucleic Acids Research, 23:876, 1995; Vidal et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 93:10315-10320, 1996; and White, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 93:10001-10003, 1996). Kits for practicing various two-hybrid methods are commercially available (e.g., from Clontech; Palo Alto, Calif.).

Generally, the two-hybrid methods involve in vivo reconstitution of two separable domains of a transcription factor. The DNA binding domain (DB) of the transcription factor is required for recognition of a chosen promoter. The activation domain (AD) is required for contacting other components of the host cell's transcriptional machinery. The transcription factor is reconstituted through the use of hybrid proteins. One hybrid is composed of the AD and a first protein of interest. The second hybrid is composed of the DB and a second protein of interest.

Useful reporter genes are those that are operably linked to a promoter which is specifically recognized by the DB. Typically, the two-hybrid system employs the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and reporter genes, the expression of which can be selected under appropriate conditions. Other eukaryotic cells, including mammalian and insect cells, can be used, if desired. The two-hybrid system provides a convenient method for cloning a gene encoding a polypeptide (i.e., a candidate antibacterial agent) that binds to a second, preselected polypeptide (e.g., gep103). Typically, though not necessarily, a DNA library is constructed such that randomly generated sequences are fused to the AD, and the protein of interest (e.g., gep103) is fused to the DB.

In such two-hybrid methods, two fusion proteins are produced. One fusion protein contains the GEP polypeptide (or homolog or ortholog thereof) fused to either a transactivator domain or DNA binding domain of a transcription factor (e.g., of Gal4). The other fusion protein contains a test polypeptide fused to either the DNA binding domain or a transactivator domain of a transcription factor. Once brought together in a single cell (e.g., a yeast cell or mammalian cell), one of the fusion proteins contains the transactivator domain and the other fusion protein contains the DNA binding domain. Therefore, binding of the GEP polypeptide to the test polypeptide (i.e., candidate antibacterial agent) reconstitutes the transcription factor. Reconstitution of the transcription factor can be detected by detecting expression of a gene (i.e., a reporter gene) that is operably linked to a DNA sequence that is bound by the DNA binding domain of the transcription factor.

The methods described above can be used for high throughput screening of numerous test compounds to identify candidate antibacterial (or anti-bacterial) agents. Having identified a test compound as a candidate antibacterial agent, the candidate antibacterial agent can be further tested for inhibition of bacterial growth in vitro or in vivo (e.g., using an animal, e.g., rodent, model system) if desired. Using other, art-known variations of such methods, one can test the ability of a nucleic acid (e.g., DNA or RNA) used as the test compound to bind to a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid sequence located within an operon containing a GEP gene or homolog or ortholog thereof.

In vitro, further testing can be accomplished by means known to those in the art such as an enzyme inhibition assay or a whole-cell bacterial growth inhibition assay. For example, an agar dilution assay identifies a substance that inhibits bacterial growth. Microtiter plates are prepared with serial dilutions of the test compound; adding to the preparation a given amount of growth substrate; and providing a preparation of Streptococcus cells. Inhibition of growth is determined, for example, by observing changes in optical densities of the bacterial cultures.

Inhibition of bacterial growth is demonstrated, for example, by comparing (in the presence and absence of a test compound) the rate of growth or the absolute growth of bacterial cells. Inhibition includes a reduction of one of the above measurements by at least 20% (e.g., at least 25%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 75%, 80%, or 90%).

Rodent (e.g., murine) and rabbit animal models of streptococcal infections are known to those of skill in the art, and such animal model systems are accepted for screening antibacterial agents as an indication of their therapeutic efficacy in human patients. In a typical in vivo assay, an animal is infected with a pathogenic Streptococcus strain, e.g., by inhalation of Streptococcus pneumoniae, and conventional methods and criteria are used to diagnose the mammal as being afflicted with streptococcal pneumonia. The candidate antibacterial agent then is administered to the mammal at a dosage of 1-100 mg/kg of body weight, and the mammal is monitored for signs of amelioration of disease. Alternatively, the test compound can be administered to the mammal prior to infecting the mammal with Streptococcus, and the ability of the treated mammal to resist infection is measured. Of course, the results obtained in the presence of the test compound should be compared with results in control animals, which are not treated with the test compound. Administration of candidate antibacterial agent to the mammal can be carried out as described below, for example.

Pharmaceutical Formulations

Treatment includes administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a composition containing an antibacterial agent to a subject in need of such treatment, thereby inhibiting bacterial growth in the subject. Such a composition typically contains from about 0.1 to 90% by weight (such as 1 to 20% or 1 to 10%) of an antibacterial agent of the invention in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Solid formulations of the compositions for oral administration may contain suitable carriers or excipients, such as corn starch, gelatin, lactose, acacia, sucrose, microcrystalline cellulose, kaolin, mannitol, dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, or alginic acid. Disintegrators that can be used include, without limitation, micro-crystalline cellulose, corn starch, sodium starch glycolate and alginic acid. Tablet binders that may be used include acacia, methylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone (Povidone), hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, sucrose, starch, and ethylcellulose. Lubricants that may be used include magnesium stearates, stearic acid, silicone fluid, talc, waxes, oils, and colloidal silica.

Liquid formulations of the compositions for oral administration prepared in water or other aqueous vehicles may contain various suspending agents such as methylcellulose, alginates, tragacanth, pectin, kelgin, carrageenan, acacia, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and polyvinyl alcohol. The liquid formulations may also include solutions, emulsions, syrups and elixirs containing, together with the active compound(s), wetting agents, sweeteners, and coloring and flavoring agents. Various liquid and powder formulations can be prepared by conventional methods for inhalation into the lungs of the mammal to be treated.

Injectable formulations of the compositions may contain various carriers such as vegetable oils, dimethylacetamide, dimethylformamide, ethyl lactate, ethyl carbonate, isopropyl myristate, ethanol, polyols (glycerol, propylene glycol, liquid polyethylene glycol, and the like). For intravenous injections, water soluble versions of the compounds may be administered by the drip method, whereby a pharmaceutical formulation containing the antibacterial agent and a physiologically acceptable excipient is infused. Physiologically acceptable excipients may include, for example, 5% dextrose, 0.9% saline, Ringer's solution or other suitable excipients. Intramuscular preparations, a sterile formulation of a suitable soluble salt form of the compounds can be dissolved and administered in a pharmaceutical excipient such as Water-for-Injection, 0.9% saline, or 5% glucose solution. A suitable insoluble form of the compound may be prepared and administered as a suspension in an aqueous base or a pharmaceutically acceptable oil base, such as an ester of a long chain fatty acid, (e.g., ethyl oleate).

A topical semi-solid ointment formulation typically contains a concentration of the active ingredient from about 1 to 20%, e.g., 5 to 10% in a carrier such as a pharmaceutical cream base. Various formulations for topical use include drops, tinctures, lotions, creams, solutions, and ointments containing the active ingredient and various supports and vehicles.

The optimal percentage of the antibacterial agent in each pharmaceutical formulation varies according to the formulation itself and the therapeutic effect desired in the specific pathologies and correlated therapeutic regimens. Appropriate dosages of the antibacterial agents can readily be determined by those of ordinary skill in the art of medicine by monitoring the mammal for signs of disease amelioration or inhibition, and increasing or decreasing the dosage and/or frequency of treatment as desired. The optimal amount of the antibacterial compound used for treatment of conditions caused by or contributed to by bacterial infection may depend upon the manner of administration, the age and the body weight of the subject and the condition of the subject to be treated. Generally, the antibacterial compound is administered at a dosage of 1 to 100 mg/kg of body weight, and typically at a dosage of 1 to 10 mg/kg of body weight.

EXAMPLE

Using the transposon-based mutagenesis methods described above, the Streptococcus pneumonia genome was mutagenized, and 23 genes were identified as being located within operons that are essential for survival of Streptococcus pneumonia. These genes are listed in Table 1, above, and their nucleic acid and amino acid sequences are represented by SEQ ID NOs:1-69, as shown in FIGS. 1-23B.

Now that each of these genes is known to be located within an operon that is essential for survival of Streptococcus, the polypeptides encoded by nucleic acids located within those operons can be used to identify antibacterial agents by using the assays described herein. Other art-known assays to detect interactions of test compounds with proteins, or to detect inhibition of bacterial growth also can be used with the nucleic acids located within operons containing the GEP genes, and gene products and homologs or orthologs thereof.

Other Embodiments

The invention also features fragments, variants, analogs, and derivatives of the GEP polypeptides described above that retain one or more of the biological activities of the GEP polypeptides, e.g., as determined in a complementation assay. Also included within the invention are naturally-occurring and non-naturally-occurring allelic variants. Compared with the naturally-occurring GEP gene, sequences depicted in FIGS. 1-23B, the nucleic acid sequence encoding allelic variants may have a substitution, deletion, or addition of one or more nucleotides. The preferred allelic variants are functionally equivalent to a GEP polypeptide, e.g., as determined in a complementation assay.

It is to be understood that, while the invention has been described in conjunction with the detailed description thereof, the foregoing description is intended to illustrate and not limit the scope of the invention, which is defined by the scope of the appended claims. Other aspects, advantages, and modifications are within the scope of the following claims.

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ttcatcgtct atttccatct tagttccaat taccttagaa ccggttttca agttgcctga 240 actttcaatt actggttcaa ctttaagcga aaccgttatt caacgacgaa cattttcatg 300 atctctactt tctatcatgt ttttttcttc tacgtcgtcc ttacatactt taatagtcac 360 tttgtgccca tcttctttta cagattttta taacatgtta 400 <210> SEQ ID NO 4 <211> LENGTH: 335 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 4 Met Lys Arg Thr Trp Arg Asn Ser Phe Val Thr Asn Leu Asn Thr Pro 1 5 10 15 Phe Met Ile Gly Asn Ile Glu Ile Pro Asn Arg Thr Val Leu Ala Pro 20 25 30 Met Ala Gly Val Thr Asn Ser Ala Phe Arg Thr Ile Ala Lys Glu Leu 35 40 45 Gly Ala Gly Leu Val Val Met Glu Met Val Ser Asp Lys Gly Ile Gln 50 55 60 Tyr Asn Asn Glu Lys Thr Leu His Met Leu His Ile Asp Glu Gly Glu 65 70 75 80 Asn Pro Val Ser Ile Gln Leu Phe Gly Ser Asp Glu Asp Ser Leu Ala 85 90 95 Arg Ala Ala Glu Phe Ile Gln Glu Asn Thr Lys Thr Asp Ile Val Asp 100 105 110 Ile Asn Met Gly Cys Pro Val Asn Lys Ile Val Lys Asn Glu Ala Gly 115 120 125 Ala Met Trp Leu Lys Asp Pro Asp Lys Ile Tyr Ser Ile Ile Asn Lys 130 135 140 Val Gln Ser Val Leu Asp Ile Pro Leu Thr Val Lys Met Arg Thr Gly 145 150 155 160 Trp Ala Asp Pro Ser Leu Ala Val Glu Asn Ala Leu Ala Ala Glu Ala 165 170 175 Ala Gly Val Ser Ala Leu Ala Met His Gly Arg Thr Arg Glu Gln Met 180 185 190 Tyr Thr Gly His Ala Asp Leu Glu Thr Leu Tyr Lys Val Ala Gln Ala 195 200 205 Leu Thr Lys Ile Pro Phe Ile Ala Asn Gly Asp Ile Arg Thr Val Gln 210 215 220 Glu Ala Lys Gln Arg Ile Glu Glu Val Gly Ala Asp Ala Val Met Ile 225 230 235 240 Gly Arg Ala Ala Met Gly Asn Pro Tyr Leu Phe Asn Gln Ile Asn His 245 250 255 Tyr Phe Glu Thr Gly Glu Ile Leu Pro Asp Leu Thr Phe Glu Asp Lys 260 265 270 Met Lys Ile Ala Tyr Glu His Leu Lys Arg Leu Ile Asn Leu Lys Gly 275 280 285 Glu Asn Val Ala Val Arg Glu Phe Arg Gly Leu Ala Pro His Tyr Leu 290 295 300 Arg Gly Thr Ser Gly Ala Ala Lys Leu Arg Gly Ala Ile Ser Gln Ala 305 310 315 320 Ser Thr Leu Ala Glu Ile Glu Ala Leu Leu Gln Leu Glu Lys Ala 325 330 335 <210> SEQ ID NO 5 <211> LENGTH: 1200 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (146)...(1150) <400> SEQUENCE: 5 gaaatccgtt tccaatgtga ctgtagccat gaacgcttta tgaacgctct tgccagcctt 60 ccaagctcag acttacagga aatgaaagag gaagaccacg gggcagaaat cacttgtcaa 120 ttctgccaaa ctacttacaa ctttg atg aaa agg acc tgg agg aac tca ttc 172 Met Lys Arg Thr Trp Arg Asn Ser Phe 1 5 gtg aca aat ctt aat aca cct ttt atg att ggc aat att gag att ccc 220 Val Thr Asn Leu Asn Thr Pro Phe Met Ile Gly Asn Ile Glu Ile Pro 10 15 20 25 aat cgt acc gtt tta gcg cct atg gct ggc gtg acc aac tca gcc ttt 268 Asn Arg Thr Val Leu Ala Pro Met Ala Gly Val Thr Asn Ser Ala Phe 30 35 40 cgt acc atc gca aaa gag ctc gga gct gga ctc gtt gta atg gaa atg 316 Arg Thr Ile Ala Lys Glu Leu Gly Ala Gly Leu Val Val Met Glu Met 45 50 55 gtc tct gac aag gga atc caa tac aac aac gaa aaa acc ctg cat atg 364 Val Ser Asp Lys Gly Ile Gln Tyr Asn Asn Glu Lys Thr Leu His Met 60 65 70 ctt cat atc gat gag ggc gaa aac cct gtc tct 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act ggc cac gca gac ctt gag acc 748 Gly Arg Thr Arg Glu Gln Met Tyr Thr Gly His Ala Asp Leu Glu Thr 190 195 200 ctt tac aag gtt gcc caa gct cta acc aag att cca ttc atc gcc aac 796 Leu Tyr Lys Val Ala Gln Ala Leu Thr Lys Ile Pro Phe Ile Ala Asn 205 210 215 ggt gat atc cgt act gtc caa gaa gcc aag caa cgc atc gaa gaa gtt 844 Gly Asp Ile Arg Thr Val Gln Glu Ala Lys Gln Arg Ile Glu Glu Val 220 225 230 ggt gct gac gca gtc atg att ggc cga gct gcc atg gga aat cct tac 892 Gly Ala Asp Ala Val Met Ile Gly Arg Ala Ala Met Gly Asn Pro Tyr 235 240 245 ctc ttc aac caa atc aac cat tac ttt gaa aca gga gaa atc cta cct 940 Leu Phe Asn Gln Ile Asn His Tyr Phe Glu Thr Gly Glu Ile Leu Pro 250 255 260 265 gat ttg acc ttt gaa gac aag atg aag atc gcc tac gaa cac ttg aaa 988 Asp Leu Thr Phe Glu Asp Lys Met Lys Ile Ala Tyr Glu His Leu Lys 270 275 280 cga ttg att aac ctc aaa gga gaa aac gtc gca gtt cgt gaa ttc cgc 1036 Arg Leu Ile Asn Leu Lys Gly Glu Asn Val Ala Val Arg Glu Phe Arg 285 290 295 ggc ctc gct cct cac tat ctc cgt gga aca tct ggc gct gcc aaa ctc 1084 Gly Leu Ala Pro His Tyr Leu Arg Gly Thr Ser Gly Ala Ala Lys Leu 300 305 310 cgt gga gcc att tcg caa gct agc acc cta gca gag att gaa gcc ctc 1132 Arg Gly Ala Ile Ser Gln Ala Ser Thr Leu Ala Glu Ile Glu Ala Leu 315 320 325 ttg caa ttg gag aag gct taatagttta aaacccgtaa ctctcttaaa 1180 Leu Gln Leu Glu Lys Ala 330 335 gagtctcttg aatgccgcca 1200 <210> SEQ ID NO 6 <211> LENGTH: 1200 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 6 ctttaggcaa aggttacact gacatcggta cttgcgaaat acttgcgaga acggtcggaa 60 ggttcgagtc tgaatgtcct ttactttctc cttctggtgc cccgtcttta gtgaacagtt 120 aagacggttt gatgaatgtt gaaactactt ttcctggacc tccttgagta agcactgttt 180 agaattatgt ggaaaatact aaccgttata actctaaggg ttagcatggc aaaatcgcgg 240 ataccgaccg cactggttga gtcggaaagc atggtagcgt tttctcgagc ctcgacctga 300 gcaacattac ctttaccaga gactgttccc ttaggttatg ttgttgcttt tttgggacgt 360 atacgaagta tagctactcc cgcttttggg acagagatag gttgaaaaac catcgctact 420 tctgtcggat cgtgcgcgtc gtcttaagta ggttcttttg tggttctggc tatagcagct 480 atagttgtac ccgacgggac agttgtttta gcacttcttg cttcgacctc gatacaccga 540 gttcctagga ctgttctaga tgagatagta gttgttccag gtcagacagg aactataggg 600 tgaatgacag ttttacgcat ggccgacccg cctgggtaga gaccgtcatc ttttacggga 660 gcgacgactc cgacgtccac aaagacggga gcggtacgta ccggcatggg cacttgttta 720 catatgaccg gtgcgtctgg aactctggga aatgttccaa cgggttcgag attggttcta 780 aggtaagtag cggttgccac tataggcatg acaggttctt cggttcgttg cgtagcttct 840 tcaaccacga ctgcgtcagt actaaccggc tcgacggtac cctttaggaa tggagaagtt 900 ggtttagttg gtaatgaaac tttgtcctct ttaggatgga ctaaactgga aacttctgtt 960 ctacttctag cggatgcttg tgaactttgc taactaattg gagtttcctc ttttgcagcg 1020 tcaagcactt aaggcgccgg agcgaggagt gatagaggca ccttgtagac cgcgacggtt 1080 tgaggcacct cggtaaagcg ttcgatcgtg ggatcgtctc taacttcggg agaacgttaa 1140 cctcttccga attatcaaat tttgggcatt gagagaattt ctcagagaac ttacggcggt 1200 <210> SEQ ID NO 7 <211> LENGTH: 451 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 7 Met Asn Leu Lys Val Lys Gln Lys Ile Pro Leu Lys Ile Lys Arg Met 1 5 10 15 Gly Ile Asn Gly Glu Gly Ile Gly Phe Tyr Gln Lys Thr Leu Val Phe 20 25 30 Val Pro Gly Ala Leu Lys Gly Glu Asp Ile Tyr Cys Gln Ile Thr Ser 35 40 45 Ile Arg Arg Asn Phe Val Glu Ala Lys Leu Leu Lys Val Asn Lys Lys 50 55 60 Ser Lys Phe Arg Ile Val Pro Ser Cys Thr Ile Tyr Asn Glu Cys Gly 65 70 75 80 Gly Cys Gln Ile Met His Leu His Tyr Asp Lys Gln Leu Glu Phe Lys 85 90 95 Thr Asp Leu Leu His Gln Ala Leu Lys Lys Phe Ala Pro Ala Gly Tyr 100 105 110 Glu Asn Tyr Glu Ile Arg Pro Thr Ile Gly Met Gln Glu Pro Lys Tyr 115 120 125 Tyr Arg Ala Lys Leu Gln Phe Gln Thr Arg Lys Phe Lys Asn Gln Val 130 135 140 Lys Ala Gly Leu Tyr Ala Gln Asn Ser His Tyr Leu Val Glu Leu Lys 145 150 155 160 Asp Cys Leu Val Gln Asp Lys Glu Thr Gln Val Ile Ala Asn Arg Leu 165 170 175 Ala Glu Leu Leu Thr Tyr His Gln Ile Pro Ile Thr Asp Glu Arg Lys 180 185 190 Val Leu Gly Val Arg Thr Ile Met Val Arg Arg Ala Arg Lys Thr Gly 195 200 205 Gln Val Gln Ile Ile Ile Val Thr Asn Arg Gln Leu Asn Leu Thr Gln 210 215 220 Leu Val Lys Glu Leu Val Lys Asp Phe Pro Glu Val Val Thr Val Ala 225 230 235 240 Val Asn Thr Asn Thr Ala Lys Thr Ser Glu Ile Tyr Gly Glu Lys Thr 245 250 255 Glu Ile Ile Trp Gly Gln Glu Ser Ile Gln Glu Gly Val Leu Asn Tyr 260 265 270 Glu Phe Ser Leu Ser Pro Arg Ala Phe Tyr Gln Leu Asn Pro Glu Gln 275 280 285 Thr Glu Val Leu Tyr Ser Glu Ala Val Lys Ala Leu Asp Val Asp Lys 290 295 300 Glu Asp His Leu Ile Asp Ala Tyr Cys Gly Val Gly Thr Ile Gly Phe 305 310 315 320 Ala Phe Ala Lys Lys Val Lys Thr Leu Arg Gly Met Asp Ile Ile Pro 325 330 335 Glu Ala Ile Glu Asp Ala Lys Arg Asn Ala Lys Arg Met Gly Phe Asp 340 345 350 Asn Thr His Tyr Glu Ala Gly Thr Ala Glu Glu Ile Ile Pro Arg Trp 355 360 365 Tyr Lys Glu Gly Tyr Arg Ala Asp Ala Leu Ile Val Asp Pro Pro Arg 370 375 380 Thr Gly Leu Asp Asp Lys Leu Leu Asp Thr Ile Leu Thr Tyr Val Pro 385 390 395 400 Glu Lys Met Val Tyr Ile Ser Cys Asn Val Ser Thr Leu Ala Arg Asp 405 410 415 Leu Val Arg Leu Val Glu Val Tyr Asp Leu His Tyr Ile Gln Ser Val 420 425 430 Asp Met Phe Pro His Thr Ala Arg Thr Glu Ala Val Val Lys Leu Ile 435 440 445 Thr Lys Val 450 <210> SEQ ID NO 8 <211> LENGTH: 2084 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (559)...(1911) <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1)...(2084) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n = A,T,C or G <400> SEQUENCE: 8 aaggcacgag ctggaagttt tccctcatat tttttcaata gtttattagc tacacgttga 60 gcaacttcag aaaaatcaaa ttctttcaag ttctcttcta tagtagattt tgaaatccct 120 ttttgagcta gtttctgagt cagcacataa ggacccttgt ctcctgaaag ttgattggta 180 ttgatgatag cataagcgta ctgaccatca ttaatccact tatcttcttt aagattagca 240 ataacttgag aaacgatgtt tttatcaata tcgtattttt tcagatattc tctgacttct 300 ttttcagtgc gtgctttaaa ggataagtgg tagagggcca gattcttacc ataagaaaat 360 tgagcaaagt cttgaatctc tttcaattcc tcttcgctta tcaccttatc tctcgataac 420 ataaaacgaa caattgtatc ttcggtgata tagcatttgt cgccattatc aagctccatc 480 agatagagtc tttttttctt ttcaagtttt gtgattttca tagctctatt ataactcaaa 540 atgtgataag ataggggt atg aat ctg aaa gtg aaa caa aaa ata cca tta 591 Met Asn Leu Lys Val Lys Gln Lys Ile Pro Leu 1 5 10 aaa atc aag cgc atg gga att aac ggt gag gga atc ggc ttt tac caa 639 Lys Ile Lys Arg Met Gly Ile Asn Gly Glu Gly Ile Gly Phe Tyr Gln 15 20 25 aaa aca tta gtc ttt gta cca gga gct ctc aaa ggc gaa gat atc tat 687 Lys Thr Leu Val Phe Val Pro Gly Ala Leu Lys Gly Glu Asp Ile Tyr 30 35 40 tgt cag att act tct att aga cgc aac ttt gtt gaa gca aaa tta ctg 735 Cys Gln Ile Thr Ser Ile Arg Arg Asn Phe Val Glu Ala Lys Leu Leu 45 50 55 aag gtc aac aag aag tct aaa ttt cga att gtg cca tct tgt act att 783 Lys Val Asn Lys Lys Ser Lys Phe Arg Ile Val Pro Ser Cys Thr Ile 60 65 70 75 tat aat gaa tgc gga ggc tgc caa atc atg cac ctg cat tat gat aag 831 Tyr Asn Glu Cys Gly Gly Cys Gln Ile Met His Leu His Tyr Asp Lys 80 85 90 cag ctg gag ttc aag acg gac tta ctt cat caa gcg ctg aaa aaa ttt 879 Gln Leu Glu Phe Lys Thr Asp Leu Leu His Gln Ala Leu Lys Lys Phe 95 100 105 gct cct gca gga tat gaa aat tat gaa att cgt cca act att gga atg 927 Ala Pro Ala Gly Tyr Glu Asn Tyr Glu Ile Arg Pro Thr Ile Gly Met 110 115 120 cag gaa cca aaa tat tac aga gct aag tta caa ttt cag act cga aaa 975 Gln Glu Pro Lys Tyr Tyr Arg Ala Lys Leu Gln Phe Gln Thr Arg Lys 125 130 135 ttt aaa aat cag gtc aag gcg ggc tta tat gca caa aac tct cac tat 1023 Phe Lys Asn Gln Val Lys Ala Gly Leu Tyr Ala Gln Asn Ser His Tyr 140 145 150 155 tta gta gag ttg aaa gac tgc ctg gta caa gat aag gaa acc caa gtg 1071 Leu Val Glu Leu Lys Asp Cys Leu Val Gln Asp Lys Glu Thr Gln Val 160 165 170 att gct aat cgc tta gca gaa tta ctt act tat cac cag att cca atc 1119 Ile Ala Asn Arg Leu Ala Glu Leu Leu Thr Tyr His Gln Ile Pro Ile 175 180 185 acg gat gag aga aaa gtt cta ggt gtc cgt act att atg gtc cga cgc 1167 Thr Asp Glu Arg Lys Val Leu Gly Val Arg Thr Ile Met Val Arg Arg 190 195 200 gcg aga aag acc gga cag gtt cag att att att gtt aca aac cgc cag 1215 Ala Arg Lys Thr Gly Gln Val Gln Ile Ile Ile Val Thr Asn Arg Gln 205 210 215 ctt aat tta act caa ttg gta aaa gag ttg gtt aaa gat ttc cca gaa 1263 Leu Asn Leu Thr Gln Leu Val Lys Glu Leu Val Lys Asp Phe Pro Glu 220 225 230 235 gtt gtg aca gta gct gtt aat aca aat aca gct aaa acc agt gag ata 1311 Val Val Thr Val Ala Val Asn Thr Asn Thr Ala Lys Thr Ser Glu Ile 240 245 250 tat ggt gaa aag aca gag att atc tgg ggg caa gag agt att caa gaa 1359 Tyr Gly Glu Lys Thr Glu Ile Ile Trp Gly Gln Glu Ser Ile Gln Glu 255 260 265 ggt gta ctc aat tat gaa ttt tca cta tcc cct cga gct ttt tat caa 1407 Gly Val Leu Asn Tyr Glu Phe Ser Leu Ser Pro Arg Ala Phe Tyr Gln 270 275 280 cta aat cct gag caa aca gaa gtc ctc tat agc gaa gca gta aaa gcg 1455 Leu Asn Pro Glu Gln Thr Glu Val Leu Tyr Ser Glu Ala Val Lys Ala 285 290 295 ctg gat gtt gat aaa gaa gac cat ttg att gac gct tat tgt gga gtt 1503 Leu Asp Val Asp Lys Glu Asp His Leu Ile Asp Ala Tyr Cys Gly Val 300 305 310 315 gga acg att gga ttt gcc ttt gca aag aaa gta aaa aca ctc aga ggt 1551 Gly Thr Ile Gly Phe Ala Phe Ala Lys Lys Val Lys Thr Leu Arg Gly 320 325 330 atg gat att att cca gaa gct att gaa gat gcc aag cga aat gct aaa 1599 Met Asp Ile Ile Pro Glu Ala Ile Glu Asp Ala Lys Arg Asn Ala Lys 335 340 345 aga atg gga ttt gac aat act cat tat gaa gct gga acg gca gaa gag 1647 Arg Met Gly Phe Asp Asn Thr His Tyr Glu Ala Gly Thr Ala Glu Glu 350 355 360 att att cct cgt tgg tac aag gaa ggc tac cga gca gat gct ttg att 1695 Ile Ile Pro Arg Trp Tyr Lys Glu Gly Tyr Arg Ala Asp Ala Leu Ile 365 370 375 gtt gac cca cca cgt aca ggt ctg gat gat aag tta tta gat act att 1743 Val Asp Pro Pro Arg Thr Gly Leu Asp Asp Lys Leu Leu Asp Thr Ile 380 385 390 395 ctt act tat gta cca gaa aaa atg gtt tat att tct tgt aat gtt tcg 1791 Leu Thr Tyr Val Pro Glu Lys Met Val Tyr Ile Ser Cys Asn Val Ser 400 405 410 acc ttg gct cgt gat ttg gta cgc tta gta gaa gtc tat gat ctt cat 1839 Thr Leu Ala Arg Asp Leu Val Arg Leu Val Glu Val Tyr Asp Leu His 415 420 425 tat atc cag tcg gtc gat atg ttc cca cat aca gct cga act gaa gct 1887 Tyr Ile Gln Ser Val Asp Met Phe Pro His Thr Ala Arg Thr Glu Ala 430 435 440 gtt gta aaa tta ata aca aaa gtt taaaaaagta gttgacaaag tttgaaaaga 1941 Val Val Lys Leu Ile Thr Lys Val 445 450 ctgtataata gtaagagttg aaaataacaa ctcaggtncg ttggtcaagg ggttaagaca 2001 cgccttttca cggcggtaac acgggttcga atcccgtacg gactatggta tgttgcggtt 2061 ggaacacttg atgaaaaact tta 2084 <210> SEQ ID NO 9 <211> LENGTH: 2084 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1)...(2084) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n = A,T,C or G <400> SEQUENCE: 9 ttccgtgctc gaccttcaaa agggagtata aaaaagttat caaataatcg atgtgcaact 60 cgttgaagtc tttttagttt aagaaagttc aagagaagat atcatctaaa actttaggga 120 aaaactcgat caaagactca gtcgtgtatt cctgggaaca gaggactttc aactaaccat 180 aactactatc gtattcgcat gactggtagt aattaggtga atagaagaaa ttctaatcgt 240 tattgaactc tttgctacaa aaatagttat agcataaaaa agtctataag agactgaaga 300 aaaagtcacg cacgaaattt cctattcacc atctcccggt ctaagaatgg tattctttta 360 actcgtttca gaacttagag aaagttaagg agaagcgaat agtggaatag agagctattg 420 tattttgctt gttaacatag aagccactat atcgtaaaca gcggtaatag ttcgaggtag 480 tctatctcag aaaaaaagaa aagttcaaaa cactaaaagt atcgagataa tattgagttt 540 tacactattc tatccccata cttagacttt cactttgttt tttatggtaa tttttagttc 600 gcgtaccctt aattgccact cccttagccg aaaatggttt tttgtaatca gaaacatggt 660 cctcgagagt ttccgcttct atagataaca gtctaatgaa gataatctgc gttgaaacaa 720 cttcgtttta atgacttcca gttgttcttc agatttaaag cttaacacgg tagaacatga 780 taaatattac ttacgcctcc gacggtttag tacgtggacg taatactatt cgtcgacctc 840 aagttctgcc tgaatgaagt agttcgcgac ttttttaaac gaggacgtcc tatactttta 900 atactttaag caggttgata accttacgtc cttggtttta taatgtctcg attcaatgtt 960 aaagtctgag cttttaaatt tttagtccag ttccgcccga atatacgtgt tttgagagtg 1020 ataaatcatc tcaactttct gacggaccat gttctattcc tttgggttca ctaacgatta 1080 gcgaatcgtc ttaatgaatg aatagtggtc taaggttagt gcctactctc ttttcaagat 1140 ccacaggcat gataatacca ggctgcgcgc tctttctggc ctgtccaagt ctaataataa 1200 caatgtttgg cggtcgaatt aaattgagtt aaccattttc tcaaccaatt tctaaagggt 1260 cttcaacact gtcatcgaca attatgttta tgtcgatttt ggtcactcta tataccactt 1320 ttctgtctct aatagacccc cgttctctca taagttcttc cacatgagtt aatacttaaa 1380 agtgataggg gagctcgaaa aatagttgat ttaggactcg tttgtcttca ggagatatcg 1440 cttcgtcatt ttcgcgacct acaactattt cttctggtaa actaactgcg aataacacct 1500 caaccttgct aacctaaacg gaaacgtttc tttcattttt gtgagtctcc atacctataa 1560 taaggtcttc gataacttct acggttcgct ttacgatttt cttaccctaa actgttatga 1620 gtaatacttc gaccttgccg tcttctctaa taaggagcaa ccatgttcct tccgatggct 1680 cgtctacgaa actaacaact gggtggtgca tgtccagacc tactattcaa taatctatga 1740 taagaatgaa tacatggtct tttttaccaa atataaagaa cattacaaag ctggaaccga 1800 gcactaaacc atgcgaatca tcttcagata ctagaagtaa tataggtcag ccagctatac 1860 aagggtgtat gtcgagcttg acttcgacaa cattttaatt attgttttca aattttttca 1920 tcaactgttt caaacttttc tgacatatta tcattctcaa cttttattgt tgagtccang 1980 caaccagttc cccaattctg tgcggaaaag tgccgccatt gtgcccaagc ttagggcatg 2040 cctgatacca tacaacgcca accttgtgaa ctactttttg aaat 2084 <210> SEQ ID NO 10 <211> LENGTH: 225 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: VARIANT <222> LOCATION: (1)...(225) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Xaa = Any Amino Acid <400> SEQUENCE: 10 Met His Lys Ile Leu Leu Ile Glu Asp Asp Gln Val Ile Arg Gln Gln 1 5 10 15 Ile Gly Lys Met Leu Ser Glu Trp Gly Phe Xaa Val Val Leu Val Glu 20 25 30 Asp Phe Met Glu Val Leu Ser Leu Phe Val Gln Ser Glu Pro His Leu 35 40 45 Val Leu Met Asp Ile Gly Leu Pro Leu Phe Asn Gly Tyr His Trp Cys 50 55 60 Gln Glu Ile Arg Lys Ile Ser Lys Val Pro Ile Met Phe Leu Ser Ser 65 70 75 80 Arg Asp Gln Ala Met Asp Ile Val Met Ala Ile Asn Met Gly Ala Asp 85 90 95 Asp Phe Val Thr Lys Pro Phe Asp Gln Gln Val Leu Leu Ala Lys Val 100 105 110 Gln Gly Leu Leu Arg Arg Ser Tyr Glu Phe Gly Arg Asp Glu Ser Leu 115 120 125 Leu Glu Tyr Ala Gly Val Ile Leu Asn Thr Lys Ser Met Asp Leu His 130 135 140 Tyr Gln Gly Gln Val Leu Asn Leu Thr Lys Asn Glu Phe Gln Ile Leu 145 150 155 160 Arg Val Leu Phe Glu His Ala Gly Asn Ile Val Ala Arg Asp Asp Leu 165 170 175 Met Arg Glu Leu Trp Asn Ser Asp Phe Phe Ile Asp Asp Asn Thr Leu 180 185 190 Ser Val Asn Val Ala Arg Leu Arg Lys Lys Leu Glu Glu Gln Gly Leu 195 200 205 Val Gly Phe Ile Glu Thr Lys Lys Gly Ile Gly Tyr Gly Leu Lys His 210 215 220 Ala 225 <210> SEQ ID NO 11 <211> LENGTH: 1000 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (156)...(830) <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1)...(1000) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n = A,T,C or G <400> SEQUENCE: 11 aagagctcct ttctttttat ttatcttagc aaatttccct caaattagct agtagcatag 60 cctgtttgta ctggctaaaa acaggctatt tcaaattcag tttcagacca tctagcatgg 120 aaaaatctgt tataataatg gaaaaggaga agcgc atg cac aag att tta tta 173 Met His Lys Ile Leu Leu 1 5 ata gaa gat gat cag gtc att cgt caa cag att ggg aaa atg ctc tct 221 Ile Glu Asp Asp Gln Val Ile Arg Gln Gln Ile Gly Lys Met Leu Ser 10 15 20 gaa tgg gga ttt naa gtg gtc ctg gta gaa gac ttt atg gaa gtt ttg 269 Glu Trp Gly Phe Xaa Val Val Leu Val Glu Asp Phe Met Glu Val Leu 25 30 35 agt cta ttt gtt cag tcg gaa cct cat ctg gtc ctc atg gat att ggt 317 Ser Leu Phe Val Gln Ser Glu Pro His Leu Val Leu Met Asp Ile Gly 40 45 50 ttg ccc ttg ttt aat ggt tat cac tgg tgt cag gaa atc cgc aag att 365 Leu Pro Leu Phe Asn Gly Tyr His Trp Cys Gln Glu Ile Arg Lys Ile 55 60 65 70 tcc aag gta cct atc atg ttt ctt tct tcg aga gac cag gct atg gat 413 Ser Lys Val Pro Ile Met Phe Leu Ser Ser Arg Asp Gln Ala Met Asp 75 80 85 att gtc atg gca atc aat atg ggg gcg gat gac ttt gtg acc aag cct 461 Ile Val Met Ala Ile Asn Met Gly Ala Asp Asp Phe Val Thr Lys Pro 90 95 100 ttt gac cag cag gtt ctt tta gct aag gtt cag ggc ttg ttg cgt cgt 509 Phe Asp Gln Gln Val Leu Leu Ala Lys Val Gln Gly Leu Leu Arg Arg 105 110 115 tcc tat gag ttt ggg cgt gat gag agt ttg ctg gaa tat gct ggt gtt 557 Ser Tyr Glu Phe Gly Arg Asp Glu Ser Leu Leu Glu Tyr Ala Gly Val 120 125 130 atc ctc aat acc aaa tcc atg gat tta cat tat caa ggg caa gtc ttg 605 Ile Leu Asn Thr Lys Ser Met Asp Leu His Tyr Gln Gly Gln Val Leu 135 140 145 150 aat ttg acc aag aat gaa ttc cag att tta cgc gtg tta ttt gag cat 653 Asn Leu Thr Lys Asn Glu Phe Gln Ile Leu Arg Val Leu Phe Glu His 155 160 165 gca ggc aac atc gta gca cgt gac gac ctg atg cgg gaa ctt tgg aac 701 Ala Gly Asn Ile Val Ala Arg Asp Asp Leu Met Arg Glu Leu Trp Asn 170 175 180 agt gac ttt ttc att gat gat aat acc ctc tct gtc aat gtg gct cgt 749 Ser Asp Phe Phe Ile Asp Asp Asn Thr Leu Ser Val Asn Val Ala Arg 185 190 195 ttg cgt aaa aag ttg gag gag cag gga ttg gta gga ttt atc gag acc 797 Leu Arg Lys Lys Leu Glu Glu Gln Gly Leu Val Gly Phe Ile Glu Thr 200 205 210 aag aaa gga ata ggg tac gga ttg aag cat gct tgattggaaa caattttttc 850 Lys Lys Gly Ile Gly Tyr Gly Leu Lys His Ala 215 220 225 tagcctatct gcgctcccgt agtcgtcttt ttatctatct gctttctttg gcatttcttg 910 tcttactctt tcagttttta tttgccagtc taggaattta cttcctctac tttttcttct 970 tgtgttgctt tgtaaccatc ttatttttca 1000 <210> SEQ ID NO 12 <211> LENGTH: 1000 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1)...(1000) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n = A,T,C or G <400> SEQUENCE: 12 ttctcgagga aagaaaaata aatagaatcg tttaaaggga gtttaatcga tcatcgtatc 60 ggacaaacat gaccgatttt tgtccgataa agtttaagtc aaagtctggt agatcgtacc 120 tttttagaca atattattac cttttcctct tcgcgtacgt gttctaaaat aattatcttc 180 tactagtcca gtaagcagtt gtctaaccct tttacgagag acttacccct aaanttcacc 240 aggaccatct tctgaaatac cttcaaaact cagataaaca agtcagcctt ggagtagacc 300 aggagtacct ataaccaaac gggaacaaat taccaatagt gaccacagtc ctttaggcgt 360 tctaaaggtt ccatggatag tacaaagaaa gaagctctct ggtccgatac ctataacagt 420 accgttagtt atacccccgc ctactgaaac actggttcgg aaaactggtc gtccaagaaa 480 atcgattcca agtcccgaac aacgcagcaa ggatactcaa acccgcacta ctctcaaacg 540 accttatacg accacaatag gagttatggt ttaggtacct aaatgtaata gttcccgttc 600 agaacttaaa ctggttctta cttaaggtct aaaatgcgca caataaactc gtacgtccgt 660 tgtagcatcg tgcactgctg gactacgccc ttgaaacctt gtcactgaaa aagtaactac 720 tattatggga gagacagtta caccgagcaa acgcattttt caacctcctc gtccctaacc 780 atcctaaata gctctggttc tttccttatc ccatgcctaa cttcgtacga actaaccttt 840 gttaaaaaag atcggataga cgcgagggca tcagcagaaa aatagataga cgaaagaaac 900 cgtaaagaac agaatgagaa agtcaaaaat aaacggtcag atccttaaat gaaggagatg 960 aaaaagaaga acacaacgaa acattggtag aataaaaagt 1000 <210> SEQ ID NO 13 <211> LENGTH: 114 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 13 Lys Asp Thr Gly Thr Thr Asn Thr Phe Arg Ile Leu Gly Lys Lys Ala 1 5 10 15 Gly Met Ala Thr Phe Val Ile Asp Phe Phe Lys Gly Thr Leu Ala Thr 20 25 30 Leu Leu Pro Ile Ile Phe His Leu Gln Gly Val Ser Pro Leu Ile Phe 35 40 45 Gly Leu Leu Ala Val Ile Gly His Thr Phe Pro Ile Phe Ala Gly Phe 50 55 60 Lys Gly Gly Lys Ala Val Ala Thr Ser Ala Gly Val Ile Phe Gly Phe 65 70 75 80 Ala Pro Ile Phe Cys Leu Tyr Leu Ala Ile Ile Phe Phe Gly Leu Ser 85 90 95 Tyr Leu Gly Ser Met Ile Ser Leu Ser Ser Val Thr Ala Ser Ile Ala 100 105 110 Ala Val <210> SEQ ID NO 14 <211> LENGTH: 344 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (2)...(343) <400> SEQUENCE: 14 t aaa gac act gga acg acc aac acc ttc cgc att tta ggt aag aaa gct 49 Lys Asp Thr Gly Thr Thr Asn Thr Phe Arg Ile Leu Gly Lys Lys Ala 1 5 10 15 ggt atg gca acc ttt gtg att gac ttt ttc aaa gga acc cta gca acg 97 Gly Met Ala Thr Phe Val Ile Asp Phe Phe Lys Gly Thr Leu Ala Thr 20 25 30 ctg ctt ccg att att ttt cat cta caa ggc gtt tct cct ctc atc ttt 145 Leu Leu Pro Ile Ile Phe His Leu Gln Gly Val Ser Pro Leu Ile Phe 35 40 45 gga ctt ttg gct gtt atc ggc cat acc ttc cct atc ttt gca gga ttt 193 Gly Leu Leu Ala Val Ile Gly His Thr Phe Pro Ile Phe Ala Gly Phe 50 55 60 aaa ggt ggt aag gct gtc gca acc agt gct gga gtg att ttc gga ttt 241 Lys Gly Gly Lys Ala Val Ala Thr Ser Ala Gly Val Ile Phe Gly Phe 65 70 75 80 gcg cct atc ttc tgt ctc tac ctt gcg att atc ttc ttt gga ctc tca 289 Ala Pro Ile Phe Cys Leu Tyr Leu Ala Ile Ile Phe Phe Gly Leu Ser 85 90 95 tat ctt ggc agt atg att tca ctg tct agt gtc aca gca tcg atc gcg 337 Tyr Leu Gly Ser Met Ile Ser Leu Ser Ser Val Thr Ala Ser Ile Ala 100 105 110 gct gtt a 344 Ala Val <210> SEQ ID NO 15 <211> LENGTH: 344 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 15 atttctgtga ccttgctggt tgtggaaggc gtaaaatcca ttctttcgac cataccgttg 60 gaaacactaa ctgaaaaagt ttccttggga tcgttgcgac gaaggctaat aaaaagtaga 120 tgttccgcaa agaggagagt agaaacctga aaaccgacaa tagccggtat ggaagggata 180 gaaacgtcct aaatttccac cattccgaca gcgttggtca cgacctcact aaaagcctaa 240 acgcggatag aagacagaga tggaacgcta atagaagaaa cctgagagta tagaaccgtc 300 atactaaagt gacagatcac agtgtcgtag ctagcgccga caat 344 <210> SEQ ID NO 16 <211> LENGTH: 148 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 16 Met Lys Ser Ile Lys Leu Asn Ala Leu Ser Tyr Met Gly Ile Arg Val 1 5 10 15 Leu Asn Ile Ile Phe Pro Ile Leu Thr Gly Thr Tyr Val Ala Arg Val 20 25 30 Leu Asp Arg Thr Asp Tyr Gly Tyr Phe Asn Ser Val Asp Thr Ile Leu 35 40 45 Ser Phe Phe Leu Pro Phe Ala Thr Tyr Gly Val Tyr Asn Tyr Gly Leu 50 55 60 Arg Ala Ile Ser Asn Val Lys Asp Asn Lys Lys Asp Leu Asn Arg Thr 65 70 75 80 Phe Ser Ser Leu Phe Tyr Leu Cys Ile Ala Cys Thr Ile Leu Thr Thr 85 90 95 Ala Val Tyr Ile Leu Ala Tyr Pro Leu Phe Phe Thr Asp Asn Pro Ile 100 105 110 Val Lys Lys Val Tyr Leu Val Met Gly Ile Gln Leu Ile Ala Gln Ile 115 120 125 Phe Ser Ile Glu Trp Val Asn Glu Ala Leu Glu Asn Tyr Ser Phe Ser 130 135 140 Phe Thr Lys Leu 145 <210> SEQ ID NO 17 <211> LENGTH: 460 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (16)...(459) <400> SEQUENCE: 17 ctaaaggtaa attga atg aaa agt ata aaa tta aat gct cta tct tac atg 51 Met Lys Ser Ile Lys Leu Asn Ala Leu Ser Tyr Met 1 5 10 gga att cgt gtc ttg aat att att ttt ccc atc cta act gga acc tat 99 Gly Ile Arg Val Leu Asn Ile Ile Phe Pro Ile Leu Thr Gly Thr Tyr 15 20 25 gtc gcg cgt gtc ttg gac cga act gac tat ggt tac ttc aac tca gtc 147 Val Ala Arg Val Leu Asp Arg Thr Asp Tyr Gly Tyr Phe Asn Ser Val 30 35 40 gac act att ttg tca ttt ttc ttg ccc ttt gca act tat ggt gtc tat 195 Asp Thr Ile Leu Ser Phe Phe Leu Pro Phe Ala Thr Tyr Gly Val Tyr 45 50 55 60 aac tac ggt tta agg gct atc agt aat gtc aag gat aac aaa aaa gat 243 Asn Tyr Gly Leu Arg Ala Ile Ser Asn Val Lys Asp Asn Lys Lys Asp 65 70 75 ctt aac aga acc ttt tct agt ctt ttt tat ttg tgc atc gct tgt acg 291 Leu Asn Arg Thr Phe Ser Ser Leu Phe Tyr Leu Cys Ile Ala Cys Thr 80 85 90 att ttg acc act gct gtc tat atc cta gcc tat cct ctc ttc ttt act 339 Ile Leu Thr Thr Ala Val Tyr Ile Leu Ala Tyr Pro Leu Phe Phe Thr 95 100 105 gat aat cca atc gtc aaa aag gtc tac ctt gtt atg ggg att caa ctc 387 Asp Asn Pro Ile Val Lys Lys Val Tyr Leu Val Met Gly Ile Gln Leu 110 115 120 att gcc cag att ttt tca atc gaa tgg gtc aat gaa gct ctg gaa aat 435 Ile Ala Gln Ile Phe Ser Ile Glu Trp Val Asn Glu Ala Leu Glu Asn 125 130 135 140 tac agt ttc tct ttt aca aaa ctg c 460 Tyr Ser Phe Ser Phe Thr Lys Leu 145 <210> SEQ ID NO 18 <211> LENGTH: 460 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 18 gatttccatt taacttactt ttcatatttt aatttacgag atagaatgta cccttaagca 60 cagaacttat aataaaaagg gtaggattga ccttggatac agcgcgcaca gaacctggct 120 tgactgatac caatgaagtt gagtcagctg tgataaaaca gtaaaaagaa cgggaaacgt 180 tgaataccac agatattgat gccaaattcc cgatagtcat tacagttcct attgtttttt 240 ctagaattgt cttggaaaag atcagaaaaa ataaacacgt agcgaacatg ctaaaactgg 300 tgacgacaga tataggatcg gataggagag aagaaatgac tattaggtta gcagtttttc 360 cagatggaac aataccccta agttgagtaa cgggtctaaa aaagttagct tacccagtta 420 cttcgagacc ttttaatgtc aaagagaaaa tgttttgacg 460 <210> SEQ ID NO 19 <211> LENGTH: 289 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 19 Met Gln Ile Gln Lys Ser Phe Lys Gly Gln Ser Pro Tyr Gly Lys Leu 1 5 10 15 Tyr Leu Val Ala Thr Pro Ile Gly Asn Leu Asp Asp Met Thr Phe Arg 20 25 30 Ala Ile Gln Thr Leu Lys Glu Val Asp Trp Ile Ala Ala Glu Asp Thr 35 40 45 Arg Asn Thr Gly Leu Leu Leu Lys His Phe Asp Ile Ser Thr Lys Gln 50 55 60 Ile Ser Phe His Glu His Asn Ala Lys Glu Lys Ile Pro Asp Leu Ile 65 70 75 80 Gly Phe Leu Lys Ala Gly Gln Ser Ile Ala Gln Val Ser Asp Ala Gly 85 90 95 Leu Pro Ser Ile Ser Asp Pro Gly His Asp Leu Val Lys Ala Ala Ile 100 105 110 Glu Glu Glu Ile Ala Val Val Thr Val Pro Gly Thr Ser Ala Gly Ile 115 120 125 Ser Ala Leu Ile Ala Ser Gly Leu Ala Pro Gln Pro His Ile Phe Tyr 130 135 140 Gly Phe Leu Pro Arg Lys Ser Gly Gln Gln Lys Gln Phe Phe Gly Ser 145 150 155 160 Lys Lys Asp Tyr Pro Glu Thr Gln Ile Phe Tyr Glu Ser Pro His Arg 165 170 175 Val Ala Asp Thr Leu Glu Asn Met Leu Glu Val Tyr Gly Asp Arg Ser 180 185 190 Val Val Leu Val Arg Glu Leu Thr Lys Ile Tyr Glu Glu Tyr Gln Arg 195 200 205 Gly Thr Ile Ser Glu Leu Leu Glu Ser Ile Ser Glu Thr Ser Leu Lys 210 215 220 Gly Glu Cys Leu Leu Ile Val Glu Gly Ala Ser Lys Gly Val Glu Glu 225 230 235 240 Lys Asp Glu Glu Asp Leu Phe Leu Glu Ile Gln Ala Arg Ile Gln Gln 245 250 255 Gly Met Lys Lys Asn Gln Ala Ile Lys Glu Ile Ala Lys Ile Tyr Gln 260 265 270 Trp Asn Lys Ser Gln Leu Tyr Ala Ala Tyr His Asp Trp Glu Glu Lys 275 280 285 Gln <210> SEQ ID NO 20 <211> LENGTH: 1000 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (111)...(977) <400> SEQUENCE: 20 cgtcgcattt accgtgatgg atttcacgta tgtaatgatt tttatggaca acgtcgagag 60 caggacgagg aatgtatgtt ttgtgacgag ttgctataca gggagtaggc atg cag 116 Met Gln 1 att caa aaa agt ttt aag ggg cag tct ccc tat ggc aag ctg tat cta 164 Ile Gln Lys Ser Phe Lys Gly Gln Ser Pro Tyr Gly Lys Leu Tyr Leu 5 10 15 gtg gca acg ccg att ggc aat cta gat gat atg act ttt cgt gct atc 212 Val Ala Thr Pro Ile Gly Asn Leu Asp Asp Met Thr Phe Arg Ala Ile 20 25 30 cag acc ttg aaa gaa gtg gac tgg att gct gct gag gat acg cgc aat 260 Gln Thr Leu Lys Glu Val Asp Trp Ile Ala Ala Glu Asp Thr Arg Asn 35 40 45 50 aca ggg ctt ttg ctc aag cat ttt gac att tcc acc aag cag atc agt 308 Thr Gly Leu Leu Leu Lys His Phe Asp Ile Ser Thr Lys Gln Ile Ser 55 60 65 ttt cat gag cac aat gca aag gaa aaa att cct gat ttg att ggt ttc 356 Phe His Glu His Asn Ala Lys Glu Lys Ile Pro Asp Leu Ile Gly Phe 70 75 80 ttg aaa gca ggg caa agt att gct cag gtc tct gat gcc ggt ttg cct 404 Leu Lys Ala Gly Gln Ser Ile Ala Gln Val Ser Asp Ala Gly Leu Pro 85 90 95 agc att tca gac cct ggt cat gat tta gtt aag gca gct att gag gaa 452 Ser Ile Ser Asp Pro Gly His Asp Leu Val Lys Ala Ala Ile Glu Glu 100 105 110 gaa att gca gtt gtg act gtt cca ggt acc tct gca gga att tct gcc 500 Glu Ile Ala Val Val Thr Val Pro Gly Thr Ser Ala Gly Ile Ser Ala 115 120 125 130 ttg att gcc agt ggt tta gcg cca cag cca cat atc ttt tac ggt ttt 548 Leu Ile Ala Ser Gly Leu Ala Pro Gln Pro His Ile Phe Tyr Gly Phe 135 140 145 tta ccg aga aaa tca ggt caa cag aag caa ttt ttt ggc tct aaa aaa 596 Leu Pro Arg Lys Ser Gly Gln Gln Lys Gln Phe Phe Gly Ser Lys Lys 150 155 160 gat tat cct gaa aca cag att ttt tat gaa tca cct cat cgt gta gca 644 Asp Tyr Pro Glu Thr Gln Ile Phe Tyr Glu Ser Pro His Arg Val Ala 165 170 175 gac acg ttg gaa aat atg tta gaa gtc tac ggt gac cgc tcg gtt gtt 692 Asp Thr Leu Glu Asn Met Leu Glu Val Tyr Gly Asp Arg Ser Val Val 180 185 190 ttg gtc agg gaa ttg acc aaa atc tat gaa gaa tac caa aga ggt aca 740 Leu Val Arg Glu Leu Thr Lys Ile Tyr Glu Glu Tyr Gln Arg Gly Thr 195 200 205 210 att tct gaa ttg ctg gaa agc atc tct gaa acg tct ctc aag ggt gaa 788 Ile Ser Glu Leu Leu Glu Ser Ile Ser Glu Thr Ser Leu Lys Gly Glu 215 220 225 tgt ctt ctg att gtt gaa ggt gcc agc aaa ggt gtg gag gaa aag gat 836 Cys Leu Leu Ile Val Glu Gly Ala Ser Lys Gly Val Glu Glu Lys Asp 230 235 240 gag gaa gac ttg ttc tta gaa atc caa gcc cgt atc cag caa ggc atg 884 Glu Glu Asp Leu Phe Leu Glu Ile Gln Ala Arg Ile Gln Gln Gly Met 245 250 255 aag aaa aat caa gct att aag gaa ata gct aag att tac cag tgg aat 932 Lys Lys Asn Gln Ala Ile Lys Glu Ile Ala Lys Ile Tyr Gln Trp Asn 260 265 270 aag agt caa ctc tac gct gcc tac cac gac tgg gaa gaa aaa caa 977 Lys Ser Gln Leu Tyr Ala Ala Tyr His Asp Trp Glu Glu Lys Gln 275 280 285 taaagggaga caggatgtaa taa 1000 <210> SEQ ID NO 21 <211> LENGTH: 1000 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 21 gcagcgtaaa tggcactacc taaagtgcat acattactaa aaatacctgt tgcagctctc 60 gtcctgctcc ttacatacaa aacactgctc aacgatatgt ccctcatccg tacgtctaag 120 ttttttcaaa attccccgtc agagggatac cgttcgacat agatcaccgt tgcggctaac 180 cgttagatct actatactga aaagcacgat aggtctggaa ctttcttcac ctgacctaac 240 gacgactcct atgcgcgtta tgtcccgaaa acgagttcgt aaaactgtaa aggtggttcg 300 tctagtcaaa agtactcgtg ttacgtttcc ttttttaagg actaaactaa ccaaagaact 360 ttcgtcccgt ttcataacga gtccagagac tacggccaaa cggatcgtaa agtctgggac 420 cagtactaaa tcaattccgt cgataactcc ttctttaacg tcaacactga caaggtccat 480 ggagacgtcc ttaaagacgg aactaacggt caccaaatcg cggtgtcggt gtatagaaaa 540 tgccaaaaaa tggctctttt agtccagttg tcttcgttaa aaaaccgaga ttttttctaa 600 taggactttg tgtctaaaaa atacttagtg gagtagcaca tcgtctgtgc aaccttttat 660 acaatcttca gatgccactg gcgagccaac aaaaccagtc ccttaactgg ttttagatac 720 ttcttatggt ttctccatgt taaagactta acgacctttc gtagagactt tgcagagagt 780 tcccacttac agaagactaa caacttccac ggtcgtttcc acacctcctt ttcctactcc 840 ttctgaacaa gaatctttag gttcgggcat aggtcgttcc gtacttcttt ttagttcgat 900 aattccttta tcgattctaa atggtcacct tattctcagt tgagatgcga cggatggtgc 960 tgacccttct ttttgttatt tccctctgtc ctacattatt 1000 <210> SEQ ID NO 22 <211> LENGTH: 554 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 22 Met Asp Lys Lys Tyr Glu Lys Ile Ser Gln Asp Leu Gly Val Thr Leu 1 5 10 15 Lys Gln Ile Asp Thr Val Leu Ser Leu Thr Ala Glu Gly Ala Thr Ile 20 25 30 Pro Phe Ile Ala Arg Tyr Arg Lys Asp Met Thr Gly Ser Leu Asp Glu 35 40 45 Val Ala Ile Lys Ala Ile Ile Asp Leu Asp Lys Ser Leu Thr Asn Leu 50 55 60 Asn Asp Arg Lys Glu Ala Val Leu Ala Lys Ile Gln Glu Gln Gly Lys 65 70 75 80 Leu Thr Lys Glu Leu Glu Glu Ala Ile Leu Val Ala Glu Lys Leu Ala 85 90 95 Asp Val Glu Glu Leu Tyr Leu Pro Tyr Lys Glu Lys Arg Arg Thr Lys 100 105 110 Ala Thr Ile Ala Arg Glu Ala Gly Leu Phe Pro Leu Ala Arg Leu Ile 115 120 125 Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Asp Leu Glu Lys Glu Ala Glu Lys Phe Val Cys 130 135 140 Glu Gly Phe Ala Thr Gly Lys Glu Ala Leu Thr Gly Ala Val Asp Ile 145 150 155 160 Leu Val Glu Ala Leu Ser Glu Asp Val Thr Leu Arg Ser Met Thr Tyr 165 170 175 Gln Glu Val Leu Arg His Ser Lys Leu Thr Ser Gln Ala Lys Asp Glu 180 185 190 Ser Leu Asp Glu Lys Gln Val Phe Gln Ile Tyr Tyr Asp Phe Ser Glu 195 200 205 Thr Val Gly Thr Met Gln Gly Tyr Arg Thr Leu Ala Leu Asn Arg Gly 210 215 220 Glu Lys Leu Gly Val Leu Lys Ile Gly Phe Glu His Ala Thr Asp Arg 225 230 235 240 Ile Leu Ala Phe Phe Ala Thr Arg Phe Lys Val Lys Asn Ala Tyr Ile 245 250 255 Asp Glu Val Val Gln Gln Ser Val Lys Lys Lys Val Leu Pro Ala Ile 260 265 270 Glu Arg Arg Ile Arg Thr Glu Leu Thr Glu Lys Ala Glu Glu Gly Ala 275 280 285 Ile Gln Leu Phe Ser Asp Asn Leu Arg Asn Leu Leu Leu Val Ala Pro 290 295 300 Leu Lys Gly Arg Val Val Leu Gly Phe Asp Pro Ala Phe Arg Thr Gly 305 310 315 320 Ala Lys Leu Ala Val Val Asp Ala Thr Gly Lys Met Leu Thr Thr Gln 325 330 335 Val Ile Tyr Pro Val Lys Pro Ala Ser Ala Arg Gln Ile Glu Glu Ala 340 345 350 Lys Lys Asp Leu Ala Asp Leu Ile Gly Gln Tyr Gly Val Glu Ile Ile 355 360 365 Ala Ile Gly Asn Gly Thr Ala Ser Arg Glu Ser Glu Ala Phe Val Ala 370 375 380 Glu Val Leu Lys Asp Phe Pro Glu Val Ser Tyr Val Ile Val Asn Glu 385 390 395 400 Ser Gly Ala Ser Val Tyr Ser Ala Ser Glu Leu Ala Arg Gln Glu Phe 405 410 415 Pro Asp Leu Thr Val Glu Lys Arg Ser Ala Ile Ser Ile Ala Arg Arg 420 425 430 Leu Gln Asp Pro Leu Ala Glu Leu Val Lys Ile Asp Pro Lys Ser Ile 435 440 445 Gly Val Gly Gln Tyr Gln His Asp Val Ser Gln Lys Lys Leu Ser Glu 450 455 460 Ser Leu Asp Phe Val Val Asp Thr Val Val Asn Gln Val Gly Val Asn 465 470 475 480 Val Asn Thr Ala Ser Pro Ala Leu Leu Ser His Val Ala Gly Leu Asn 485 490 495 Lys Thr Ile Ser Glu Asn Ile Val Lys Tyr Arg Glu Glu Glu Gly Lys 500 505 510 Ile Thr Ser Arg Ala Gln Ile Lys Lys Val Pro Arg Leu Gly Ala Lys 515 520 525 Ala Phe Glu Gln Ala Ala Gly Phe Leu Arg Ile Pro Glu Ser Ser Asn 530 535 540 Ile Leu Asp Asn Thr Gly Val His Pro Glu 545 550 <210> SEQ ID NO 23 <211> LENGTH: 1799 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (138)...(1799) <400> SEQUENCE: 23 atggcttggt taaaaaaagg tggcaatgct ctttaagtgc aagttattgc gctgtagcat 60 ataaatctat ttcctacata ttttttaaac gttctacgag ttaatttgaa acgtttagct 120 tgtggtataa tagattt atg gat aaa aaa tat gaa aaa atc tct cag gat 170 Met Asp Lys Lys Tyr Glu Lys Ile Ser Gln Asp 1 5 10 ttg gga gtg acg tta aag caa att gat acc gtt cta agt ttg aca gct 218 Leu Gly Val Thr Leu Lys Gln Ile Asp Thr Val Leu Ser Leu Thr Ala 15 20 25 gaa ggg gcg act att ccc ttt atc gcg cgt tat cgc aag gac atg act 266 Glu Gly Ala Thr Ile Pro Phe Ile Ala Arg Tyr Arg Lys Asp Met Thr 30 35 40 ggt agt ctg gat gag gtg gcg att aag gct att att gat ttg gat aaa 314 Gly Ser Leu Asp Glu Val Ala Ile Lys Ala Ile Ile Asp Leu Asp Lys 45 50 55 agt ctg aca aat ctc aat gac cgt aag gaa gct gtc tta gct aag att 362 Ser Leu Thr Asn Leu Asn Asp Arg Lys Glu Ala Val Leu Ala Lys Ile 60 65 70 75 caa gaa caa ggt aag ttg acc aag gaa ttg gaa gaa gct atc tta gtt 410 Gln Glu Gln Gly Lys Leu Thr Lys Glu Leu Glu Glu Ala Ile Leu Val 80 85 90 gcc gaa aaa tta gca gac gtt gaa gaa ctc tat ctt cct tat aag gaa 458 Ala Glu Lys Leu Ala Asp Val Glu Glu Leu Tyr Leu Pro Tyr Lys Glu 95 100 105 aag cgt cgt acc aag gca acc att gcc cgt gaa gct gga ctc ttt cct 506 Lys Arg Arg Thr Lys Ala Thr Ile Ala Arg Glu Ala Gly Leu Phe Pro 110 115 120 ctt gct cgt ttg att ttg cag aat ata gtt gac tta gag aaa gaa gct 554 Leu Ala Arg Leu Ile Leu Gln Asn Ile Val Asp Leu Glu Lys Glu Ala 125 130 135 gaa aag ttc gtc tgt gaa gga ttt gcg act ggc aag gaa gcc ttg acc 602 Glu Lys Phe Val Cys Glu Gly Phe Ala Thr Gly Lys Glu Ala Leu Thr 140 145 150 155 ggt gca gtt gat att ttg gtc gaa gcc tta tcg gaa gat gtg acc ttg 650 Gly Ala Val Asp Ile Leu Val Glu Ala Leu Ser Glu Asp Val Thr Leu 160 165 170 cgt tct atg act tat cag gaa gtg ctg aga cac tct aaa ctc act tct 698 Arg Ser Met Thr Tyr Gln Glu Val Leu Arg His Ser Lys Leu Thr Ser 175 180 185 caa gcc aag gat gaa agt ctt gat gaa aag cag gtt ttt cag att tat 746 Gln Ala Lys Asp Glu Ser Leu Asp Glu Lys Gln Val Phe Gln Ile Tyr 190 195 200 tat gat ttt tca gag aca gtt gga act atg caa ggc tat cgt acc ttg 794 Tyr Asp Phe Ser Glu Thr Val Gly Thr Met Gln Gly Tyr Arg Thr Leu 205 210 215 gct ctc aat cgt ggg gag aaa ctt ggt gtc ttg aag atc ggt ttt gaa 842 Ala Leu Asn Arg Gly Glu Lys Leu Gly Val Leu Lys Ile Gly Phe Glu 220 225 230 235 cat gcg acg gac cgt att ctt gcc ttc ttt gct act cgt ttc aag gtg 890 His Ala Thr Asp Arg Ile Leu Ala Phe Phe Ala Thr Arg Phe Lys Val 240 245 250 aaa aat gct tat att gat gaa gtt gtt cag caa tcc gtt aag aaa aag 938 Lys Asn Ala Tyr Ile Asp Glu Val Val Gln Gln Ser Val Lys Lys Lys 255 260 265 gtc ttg cct gct att gag cgt cgt att cgg aca gaa tta act gag aaa 986 Val Leu Pro Ala Ile Glu Arg Arg Ile Arg Thr Glu Leu Thr Glu Lys 270 275 280 gct gaa gag gga gct atc caa ctt ttt tct gac aat ctg cgc aat ctc 1034 Ala Glu Glu Gly Ala Ile Gln Leu Phe Ser Asp Asn Leu Arg Asn Leu 285 290 295 ctc ttg gtt gct cca ctg aaa ggg cgc gtg gtt ctt gga ttt gac cca 1082 Leu Leu Val Ala Pro Leu Lys Gly Arg Val Val Leu Gly Phe Asp Pro 300 305 310 315 gcc ttt cgt aca ggt gcc aag tta gct gtc gtg gat gca aca gga aaa 1130 Ala Phe Arg Thr Gly Ala Lys Leu Ala Val Val Asp Ala Thr Gly Lys 320 325 330 atg ctg aca act cag gtt att tat cct gtt aaa cca gca tca gct cgt 1178 Met Leu Thr Thr Gln Val Ile Tyr Pro Val Lys Pro Ala Ser Ala Arg 335 340 345 caa atc gaa gaa gcc aag aaa gat tta gca gat tta att ggt caa tac 1226 Gln Ile Glu Glu Ala Lys Lys Asp Leu Ala Asp Leu Ile Gly Gln Tyr 350 355 360 ggt gta gag att att gcc att gga aat gga acg gcc agt cgt gaa agt 1274 Gly Val Glu Ile Ile Ala Ile Gly Asn Gly Thr Ala Ser Arg Glu Ser 365 370 375 gaa gct ttt gta gcg gaa gtt ctg aaa gat ttc cct gaa gtc agc tat 1322 Glu Ala Phe Val Ala Glu Val Leu Lys Asp Phe Pro Glu Val Ser Tyr 380 385 390 395 gtt atc gtt aat gaa agt ggt gct tct gtc tat tct gcc agc gaa ctt 1370 Val Ile Val Asn Glu Ser Gly Ala Ser Val Tyr Ser Ala Ser Glu Leu 400 405 410 gct cgt cag gag ttt cca gac ttg acc gtt gaa aaa cgc tct gcc att 1418 Ala Arg Gln Glu Phe Pro Asp Leu Thr Val Glu Lys Arg Ser Ala Ile 415 420 425 tct atc gcc cgt cgt ttg caa gat cct ctt gcg gaa ttg gtc aaa atc 1466 Ser Ile Ala Arg Arg Leu Gln Asp Pro Leu Ala Glu Leu Val Lys Ile 430 435 440 gat cct aag tca att ggt gtc ggt caa tac caa cac gat gtc agt cag 1514 Asp Pro Lys Ser Ile Gly Val Gly Gln Tyr Gln His Asp Val Ser Gln 445 450 455 aag aaa cta tct gag agt ctg gac ttt gtt gtc gat aca gtg gtt aac 1562 Lys Lys Leu Ser Glu Ser Leu Asp Phe Val Val Asp Thr Val Val Asn 460 465 470 475 caa gtt ggt gtc aat gtc aat aca gct agc cca gct ctt ctt tca cac 1610 Gln Val Gly Val Asn Val Asn Thr Ala Ser Pro Ala Leu Leu Ser His 480 485 490 gta gct gga ctc aac aaa act atc tct gaa aat att gtc aaa tac cgc 1658 Val Ala Gly Leu Asn Lys Thr Ile Ser Glu Asn Ile Val Lys Tyr Arg 495 500 505 gag gaa gaa gga aaa atc act tca cgc gcc caa atc aag aaa gtt cct 1706 Glu Glu Glu Gly Lys Ile Thr Ser Arg Ala Gln Ile Lys Lys Val Pro 510 515 520 cgt ctg gga gcc aag gcc ttt gag cag gct gct ggt ttc ctt cgt atc 1754 Arg Leu Gly Ala Lys Ala Phe Glu Gln Ala Ala Gly Phe Leu Arg Ile 525 530 535 cct gaa agt agc aat atc ctt gat aat aca gga gtt cac cca gag 1799 Pro Glu Ser Ser Asn Ile Leu Asp Asn Thr Gly Val His Pro Glu 540 545 550 <210> SEQ ID NO 24 <211> LENGTH: 1799 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 24 taccgaacca atttttttcc accgttacga gaaattcacg ttcaataacg cgacatcgta 60 tatttagata aaggatgtat aaaaaatttg caagatgctc aattaaactt tgcaaatcga 120 acaccatatt atctaaatac ctatttttta tactttttta gagagtccta aaccctcact 180 gcaatttcgt ttaactatgg caagattcaa actgtcgact tccccgctga taagggaaat 240 agcgcgcaat agcgttcctg tactgaccat cagacctact ccaccgctaa ttccgataat 300 aactaaacct attttcagac tgtttagagt tactggcatt ccttcgacag aatcgattct 360 aagttcttgt tccattcaac tggttcctta accttcttcg atagaatcaa cggcttttta 420 atcgtctgca acttcttgag atagaaggaa tattcctttt cgcagcatgg ttccgttggt 480 aacgggcact tcgacctgag aaaggagaac gagcaaacta aaacgtctta tatcaactga 540 atctctttct tcgacttttc aagcagacac ttcctaaacg ctgaccgttc cttcggaact 600 ggccacgtca actataaaac cagcttcgga atagccttct acactggaac gcaagatact 660 gaatagtcct tcacgactct gtgagatttg agtgaagagt tcggttccta ctttcagaac 720 tacttttcgt ccaaaaagtc taaataatac taaaaagtct ctgtcaacct tgatacgttc 780 cgatagcatg gaaccgagag ttagcacccc tctttgaacc acagaacttc tagccaaaac 840 ttgtacgctg cctggcataa gaacggaaga aacgatgagc aaagttccac tttttacgaa 900 tataactact tcaacaagtc gttaggcaat tctttttcca gaacggacga taactcgcag 960 cataagcctg tcttaattga ctctttcgac ttctccctcg ataggttgaa aaaagactgt 1020 tagacgcgtt agaggagaac caacgaggtg actttcccgc gcaccaagaa cctaaactgg 1080 gtcggaaagc atgtccacgg ttcaatcgac agcacctacg ttgtcctttt tacgactgtt 1140 gagtccaata aataggacaa tttggtcgta gtcgagcagt ttagcttctt cggttctttc 1200 taaatcgtct aaattaacca gttatgccac atctctaata acggtaacct ttaccttgcc 1260 ggtcagcact ttcacttcga aaacatcgcc ttcaagactt tctaaaggga cttcagtcga 1320 tacaatagca attactttca ccacgaagac agataagacg gtcgcttgaa cgagcagtcc 1380 tcaaaggtct gaactggcaa ctttttgcga gacggtaaag atagcgggca gcaaacgttc 1440 taggagaacg ccttaaccag ttttagctag gattcagtta accacagcca gttatggttg 1500 tgctacagtc agtcttcttt gatagactct cagacctgaa acaacagcta tgtcaccaat 1560 tggttcaacc acagttacag ttatgtcgat cgggtcgaga agaaagtgtg catcgacctg 1620 agttgttttg atagagactt ttataacagt ttatggcgct ccttcttcct ttttagtgaa 1680 gtgcgcgggt ttagttcttt caaggagcag accctcggtt ccggaaactc gtccgacgac 1740 caaaggaagc atagggactt tcatcgttat aggaactatt atgtcctcaa gtgggtctc 1799 <210> SEQ ID NO 25 <211> LENGTH: 174 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: VARIANT <222> LOCATION: (1)...(174) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Xaa = Any Amino Acid <400> SEQUENCE: 25 Thr Gly Ala Arg Val Ser Tyr Pro Val Leu Asn Val Lys Val Phe Leu 1 5 10 15 Glu Asn Gly Glu Val Lys Ile Phe Arg Ala Leu Asn Glu Ala Xaa Ile 20 25 30 Arg Arg Ser Asp Arg Thr Met Val Ala Asp Ile Val Ile Asn Gly Val 35 40 45 Pro Phe Glu Arg Phe Arg Gly Asp Gly Leu Thr Val Ser Thr Pro Thr 50 55 60 Gly Ser Thr Ala Tyr Asn Lys Ser Leu Gly Gly Ala Val Leu His Pro 65 70 75 80 Thr Ile Glu Ala Leu Gln Leu Thr Glu Ile Ala Ser Leu Asn Asn Arg 85 90 95 Val Tyr Arg Thr Leu Gly Ser Ser Ile Ile Val Pro Lys Lys Asp Lys 100 105 110 Ile Glu Leu Ile Pro Thr Arg Asn Asp Tyr His Thr Ile Ser Val Asp 115 120 125 Asn Ser Val Tyr Ser Phe Arg Asn Ile Glu Arg Ile Glu Tyr Gln Ile 130 135 140 Asp His His Lys Ile His Phe Val Ala Thr Pro Ser His Thr Ser Phe 145 150 155 160 Trp Asn Arg Val Lys Asp Ala Phe Ile Gly Glu Val Asp Glu 165 170 <210> SEQ ID NO 26 <211> LENGTH: 578 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (2)...(523) <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1)...(578) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n = A,T,C or G <400> SEQUENCE: 26 t act ggg gca agg gtt tct tac cct gtt ctg aat gtg aag gtc ttt ctt 49 Thr Gly Ala Arg Val Ser Tyr Pro Val Leu Asn Val Lys Val Phe Leu 1 5 10 15 gaa aat ggt gaa gtt aag att ttc aga gca ctc aac gaa gcc agn atc 97 Glu Asn Gly Glu Val Lys Ile Phe Arg Ala Leu Asn Glu Ala Xaa Ile 20 25 30 cgc agg tct gat cga acc atg gtg gca gat att gta ata aat ggt gtt 145 Arg Arg Ser Asp Arg Thr Met Val Ala Asp Ile Val Ile Asn Gly Val 35 40 45 ccc ttt gaa cgt ttt cgt gga gac ggg cta aca gtt tcg aca ccg act 193 Pro Phe Glu Arg Phe Arg Gly Asp Gly Leu Thr Val Ser Thr Pro Thr 50 55 60 ggt agt act gcc tat aac aag tct ctt ggc ggt gct gtt tta cac cct 241 Gly Ser Thr Ala Tyr Asn Lys Ser Leu Gly Gly Ala Val Leu His Pro 65 70 75 80 acc att gaa gct ttg caa tta acg gag att gcc agc ctt aat aat cgt 289 Thr Ile Glu Ala Leu Gln Leu Thr Glu Ile Ala Ser Leu Asn Asn Arg 85 90 95 gtc tat cga aca ttg ggc tct tcc att att gtg cct aag aag gat aag 337 Val Tyr Arg Thr Leu Gly Ser Ser Ile Ile Val Pro Lys Lys Asp Lys 100 105 110 att gaa ctt att cca aca aga aac gat tat cat act att tcg gtt gac 385 Ile Glu Leu Ile Pro Thr Arg Asn Asp Tyr His Thr Ile Ser Val Asp 115 120 125 aat agc gtt tat tct ttc cgt aat att gag cgt att gag tat caa atc 433 Asn Ser Val Tyr Ser Phe Arg Asn Ile Glu Arg Ile Glu Tyr Gln Ile 130 135 140 gac cat cat aag att cac ttt gtc gcg act cct agc cat acc agt ttc 481 Asp His His Lys Ile His Phe Val Ala Thr Pro Ser His Thr Ser Phe 145 150 155 160 tgg aac cgt gtt aag gat gcc ttt atc ggt gag gtg gat gaa 523 Trp Asn Arg Val Lys Asp Ala Phe Ile Gly Glu Val Asp Glu 165 170 tgaggtttga atttatcgca gatgaacatg tcaaggttaa gaccttttta aaaaa 578 <210> SEQ ID NO 27 <211> LENGTH: 578 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1)...(578) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n = A,T,C or G <400> SEQUENCE: 27 atgaccccgt tcccaaagaa tgggacaaga cttacacttc cagaaagaac ttttaccact 60 tcaattctaa aagtctcgtg agttgcttcg gtcntaggcg tccagactag cttggtacca 120 ccgtctataa cattatttac cacaagggaa acttgcaaaa gcacctctgc ccgattgtca 180 aagctgtggc tgaccatcat gacggatatt gttcagagaa ccgccacgac aaaatgtggg 240 atggtaactt cgaaacgtta attgcctcta acggtcggaa ttattagcac agatagcttg 300 taacccgaga aggtaataac acggattctt cctattctaa cttgaataag gttgttcttt 360 gctaatagta tgataaagcc aactgttatc gcaaataaga aaggcattat aactcgcata 420 actcatagtt tagctggtag tattctaagt gaaacagcgc tgaggatcgg tatggtcaaa 480 gaccttggca caattcctac ggaaatagcc actccaccta cttactccaa acttaaatag 540 cgtctacttg tacagttcca attctggaaa aatttttt 578 <210> SEQ ID NO 28 <211> LENGTH: 224 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 28 Met Val Val Gly Trp Gln Tyr Ile Pro Ala Pro His Lys Gly Val Thr 1 5 10 15 Ile Gly Pro Ser Pro Arg Ile Glu Ile Ala Leu Arg Pro Asp Trp Phe 20 25 30 Tyr Phe Gly Gln Asp Gly Val Leu Gln Glu Phe Val Gly Lys Gln Val 35 40 45 Leu Glu Ala Lys Thr Ala Thr Asn Thr Asn Lys His His Gly Glu Glu 50 55 60 Tyr Asp Ser Gln Ala Glu Lys Arg Val Tyr Tyr Phe Glu Asp Gln Arg 65 70 75 80 Ser Tyr His Thr Leu Lys Thr Gly Trp Ile Tyr Glu Glu Gly Tyr Trp 85 90 95 Tyr Tyr Leu Gln Lys Asp Gly Gly Phe Asp Ser Arg Ile Asn Arg Leu 100 105 110 Thr Val Gly Glu Leu Ala Arg Gly Trp Val Lys Asp Tyr Pro Leu Thr 115 120 125 Tyr Asp Glu Glu Lys Leu Lys Ala Ala Pro Trp Tyr Tyr Leu Asp Pro 130 135 140 Ala Thr Gly Trp Gln Asn Leu Gly Asn Lys Trp Tyr Tyr Leu Arg Ser 145 150 155 160 Ser Gly Ala Met Val Thr Gly Trp Tyr Gln Asp Gly Leu Thr Trp Tyr 165 170 175 Tyr Leu Asn Ala Gly Asn Gly Asp Met Lys Thr Gly Trp Phe Gln Val 180 185 190 Asn Gly Asn Trp Tyr Tyr Ala Tyr Asp Ser Gly Ala Leu Ala Val Asn 195 200 205 Thr Thr Val Gly Gly Tyr Tyr Leu Asn Tyr Asn Gly Glu Trp Val Lys 210 215 220 <210> SEQ ID NO 29 <211> LENGTH: 800 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (71)...(742) <400> SEQUENCE: 29 ggctctaaaa gaaacctact ggagagtgat agatgggaag tactattatt ttgatccttt 60 atccggagag atg gtt gtc ggc tgg caa tat ata cct gct cca cac aag 109 Met Val Val Gly Trp Gln Tyr Ile Pro Ala Pro His Lys 1 5 10 ggg gtt acg att ggt cct tct cca aga ata gag att gct ctt aga cca 157 Gly Val Thr Ile Gly Pro Ser Pro Arg Ile Glu Ile Ala Leu Arg Pro 15 20 25 gat tgg ttt tat ttt ggt caa gat ggt gtc tta caa gaa ttt gtt ggc 205 Asp Trp Phe Tyr Phe Gly Gln Asp Gly Val Leu Gln Glu Phe Val Gly 30 35 40 45 aag caa gtt tta gaa gca aaa act gct acg aat acc aac aaa cat cat 253 Lys Gln Val Leu Glu Ala Lys Thr Ala Thr Asn Thr Asn Lys His His 50 55 60 ggg gaa gaa tat gat agc caa gca gag aaa cga gtc tat tat ttt gaa 301 Gly Glu Glu Tyr Asp Ser Gln Ala Glu Lys Arg Val Tyr Tyr Phe Glu 65 70 75 gat cag cgt agt tat cat act tta aaa act ggt tgg att tat gaa gag 349 Asp Gln Arg Ser Tyr His Thr Leu Lys Thr Gly Trp Ile Tyr Glu Glu 80 85 90 ggt tat tgg tat tat tta cag aag gat ggt ggc ttt gat tct cgc atc 397 Gly Tyr Trp Tyr Tyr Leu Gln Lys Asp Gly Gly Phe Asp Ser Arg Ile 95 100 105 aac aga ttg acg gtt gga gag cta gca cgt ggt tgg gtt aag gat tac 445 Asn Arg Leu Thr Val Gly Glu Leu Ala Arg Gly Trp Val Lys Asp Tyr 110 115 120 125 cct ctt acg tat gat gaa gag aag cta aaa gca gct cca tgg tac tat 493 Pro Leu Thr Tyr Asp Glu Glu Lys Leu Lys Ala Ala Pro Trp Tyr Tyr 130 135 140 cta gat cca gca act ggc tgg caa aac ctt ggg aac aaa tgg tac tac 541 Leu Asp Pro Ala Thr Gly Trp Gln Asn Leu Gly Asn Lys Trp Tyr Tyr 145 150 155 ctc cgt tca tca gga gct atg gta act ggc tgg tat caa gat ggt tta 589 Leu Arg Ser Ser Gly Ala Met Val Thr Gly Trp Tyr Gln Asp Gly Leu 160 165 170 act tgg tac tac cta aat gca ggt aat gga gac atg aag aca ggt tgg 637 Thr Trp Tyr Tyr Leu Asn Ala Gly Asn Gly Asp Met Lys Thr Gly Trp 175 180 185 ttc caa gtc aat ggt aac tgg tac tat gcc tat gat tca ggt gct tta 685 Phe Gln Val Asn Gly Asn Trp Tyr Tyr Ala Tyr Asp Ser Gly Ala Leu 190 195 200 205 gct gtt aat acc aca gta ggt ggt tac tac tta aac tat aat ggt gaa 733 Ala Val Asn Thr Thr Val Gly Gly Tyr Tyr Leu Asn Tyr Asn Gly Glu 210 215 220 tgg gtt aag taatgaaggc taattgtaaa ctgtgatgga tacttaactt 782 Trp Val Lys tgtataatag gtggataa 800 <210> SEQ ID NO 30 <211> LENGTH: 800 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 30 ccgagatttt ctttggatga cctctcacta tctacccttc atgataataa aactaggaaa 60 taggcctctc taccaacagc cgaccgttat atatggacga ggtgtgttcc cccaatgcta 120 accaggaaga ggttcttatc tctaacgaga atctggtcta accaaaataa aaccagttct 180 accacagaat gttcttaaac aaccgttcgt tcaaaatctt cgtttttgac gatgcttatg 240 gttgtttgta gtaccccttc ttatactatc ggttcgtctc tttgctcaga taataaaact 300 tctagtcgca tcaatagtat gaaatttttg accaacctaa atacttctcc caataaccat 360 aataaatgtc ttcctaccac cgaaactaag agcgtagttg tctaactgcc aacctctcga 420 tcgtgcacca acccaattcc taatgggaga atgcatacta cttctcttcg attttcgtcg 480 aggtaccatg atagatctag gtcgttgacc gaccgttttg gaacccttgt ttaccatgat 540 ggaggcaagt agtcctcgat accattgacc gaccatagtt ctaccaaatt gaaccatgat 600 ggatttacgt ccattacctc tgtacttctg tccaaccaag gttcagttac cattgaccat 660 gatacggata ctaagtccac gaaatcgaca attatggtgt catccaccaa tgatgaattt 720 gatattacca cttacccaat tcattacttc cgattaacat ttgacactac ctatgaattg 780 aaacatatta tccacctatt 800 <210> SEQ ID NO 31 <211> LENGTH: 324 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 31 Met Asp Ile Tyr Ile Lys Lys Ala Ile Ile His Gln Phe Ser Pro Asp 1 5 10 15 Asp Thr Glu Leu Phe Leu Ala Asp Lys Phe Leu Asn Ile Thr Pro Lys 20 25 30 Ile Glu Glu Tyr Leu Arg Lys Lys Ile Glu His Val Tyr Ser Asp Glu 35 40 45 Ala Lys Thr Gly Ile Phe Glu Glu Glu Asn Pro Phe Phe Asn His Ile 50 55 60 Thr Asp Asp Leu Leu Glu Thr Ser Val Thr Leu Ala Asn Leu Trp Lys 65 70 75 80 Glu Glu Phe Ser Ile Ser Glu Asn Leu Lys Thr Asn Asp Leu Ile Phe 85 90 95 Val Gln Phe Ser Lys Glu Gly Val Glu His Phe Ala Phe Leu Arg Ile 100 105 110 Ala Leu Arg Glu Thr Leu Thr His Leu Gly Gly Glu Val Asp Asn Pro 115 120 125 Ile Lys Leu Thr Gln Asn Asn Leu Pro Gly Phe Gly Thr Gly Ala Asp 130 135 140 Glu Ala Leu Val Val Asn Leu Gln Ser Arg Lys Tyr His Leu Ile Glu 145 150 155 160 Lys Arg Ile Lys Tyr Asn Gly Thr Phe Leu Asn Tyr Phe Ser Asp Asn 165 170 175 Leu Leu Ala Val Ala Pro Lys Ile Ser Pro Lys Lys Ser Ile Lys Glu 180 185 190 Leu Glu Lys Thr Ala Gln Arg Ile Ala Glu Ser Phe Asn Thr Asp Asp 195 200 205 Phe Gln Phe Gln Ser Lys Val Lys Ser Ala Ile Phe Asn Asn Leu Glu 210 215 220 Glu Ser Asn Glu Leu Ser Pro Glu Lys Leu Ala Asn Asp Leu Phe Asp 225 230 235 240 Asn Asn Leu Thr Ala Arg Leu Ser Phe Ile Asp Gln Val Arg Glu Ala 245 250 255 Val Pro Glu Pro Val Gln Phe Asp Glu Ile Asp Ala Ser Arg Gln Leu 260 265 270 Lys Lys Phe Glu Asn Gln Lys Leu Ser Leu Ser Asn Gly Ile Glu Leu 275 280 285 Ile Val Pro Asn Asn Val Tyr Gln Asp Ala Glu Ser Val Glu Phe Ile 290 295 300 Gln Asn Glu Asn Gly Thr Tyr Ser Ile Leu Ile Lys Asn Ile Glu Asp 305 310 315 320 Ile Gln Ser Lys <210> SEQ ID NO 32 <211> LENGTH: 1100 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (5)...(976) <400> SEQUENCE: 32 tttt atg gat att tat att aag aaa gcc att att cac cag ttc agt ccg 49 Met Asp Ile Tyr Ile Lys Lys Ala Ile Ile His Gln Phe Ser Pro 1 5 10 15 gat gat acc gag ctg ttc tta gca gat aag ttt ctc aat att act cca 97 Asp Asp Thr Glu Leu Phe Leu Ala Asp Lys Phe Leu Asn Ile Thr Pro 20 25 30 aaa atc gaa gaa tac cta cgt aaa aaa att gaa cat gtg tat tca gat 145 Lys Ile Glu Glu Tyr Leu Arg Lys Lys Ile Glu His Val Tyr Ser Asp 35 40 45 gaa gcc aag act ggg att ttc gaa gaa gaa aat ccc ttc ttc aat cat 193 Glu Ala Lys Thr Gly Ile Phe Glu Glu Glu Asn Pro Phe Phe Asn His 50 55 60 att aca gac gat ttg ttg gag aca tca gta acg ctg gct aat ctc tgg 241 Ile Thr Asp Asp Leu Leu Glu Thr Ser Val Thr Leu Ala Asn Leu Trp 65 70 75 aaa gag gag ttt agc att tct gaa aat ctc aag acc aat gac ttg att 289 Lys Glu Glu Phe Ser Ile Ser Glu Asn Leu Lys Thr Asn Asp Leu Ile 80 85 90 95 ttt gtt caa ttt tct aaa gaa ggt gta gaa cat ttc gct ttc ttg cga 337 Phe Val Gln Phe Ser Lys Glu Gly Val Glu His Phe Ala Phe Leu Arg 100 105 110 att gcc ctg cgg gag acc ttg acc cac ctc gga gga gaa gtt gat aat 385 Ile Ala Leu Arg Glu Thr Leu Thr His Leu Gly Gly Glu Val Asp Asn 115 120 125 cca atc aag ctg act cag aat aac ctg cct gga ttt gga acg ggt gct 433 Pro Ile Lys Leu Thr Gln Asn Asn Leu Pro Gly Phe Gly Thr Gly Ala 130 135 140 gac gag gcc ttg gtg gtc aat ctt cag agt cgc aag tat cac ctg att 481 Asp Glu Ala Leu Val Val Asn Leu Gln Ser Arg Lys Tyr His Leu Ile 145 150 155 gaa aaa cga atc aag tac aac ggg act ttt ttg aac tat ttt tca gat 529 Glu Lys Arg Ile Lys Tyr Asn Gly Thr Phe Leu Asn Tyr Phe Ser Asp 160 165 170 175 aat ctt ctt gct gtc gct cct aag att tct cct aaa aaa tct atc aag 577 Asn Leu Leu Ala Val Ala Pro Lys Ile Ser Pro Lys Lys Ser Ile Lys 180 185 190 gaa ctg gaa aaa aca gcc cag aga att gct gaa tct ttt aac aca gat 625 Glu Leu Glu Lys Thr Ala Gln Arg Ile Ala Glu Ser Phe Asn Thr Asp 195 200 205 gat ttt caa ttt caa tcc aag gtc aaa tca gct att ttc aac aac cta 673 Asp Phe Gln Phe Gln Ser Lys Val Lys Ser Ala Ile Phe Asn Asn Leu 210 215 220 gaa gaa agc aat gaa ttg tca cct gag aaa ttg gct aat gac ctt ttt 721 Glu Glu Ser Asn Glu Leu Ser Pro Glu Lys Leu Ala Asn Asp Leu Phe 225 230 235 gac aac aat ctg acg gct cgt ttg agc ttt att gac caa gtc aga gaa 769 Asp Asn Asn Leu Thr Ala Arg Leu Ser Phe Ile Asp Gln Val Arg Glu 240 245 250 255 gcc gta cca gaa cct gtt caa ttt gat gaa att gat gcc agt cgc caa 817 Ala Val Pro Glu Pro Val Gln Phe Asp Glu Ile Asp Ala Ser Arg Gln 260 265 270 tta aag aaa ttt gaa aac caa aaa ctc tcc tta tca aat gga att gag 865 Leu Lys Lys Phe Glu Asn Gln Lys Leu Ser Leu Ser Asn Gly Ile Glu 275 280 285 ctc atc gtt ccc aat aac gtc tat caa gac gcc gag tct gtt gag ttt 913 Leu Ile Val Pro Asn Asn Val Tyr Gln Asp Ala Glu Ser Val Glu Phe 290 295 300 atc caa aac gaa aat gga acc tac tct atc tta atc aaa aat atc gag 961 Ile Gln Asn Glu Asn Gly Thr Tyr Ser Ile Leu Ile Lys Asn Ile Glu 305 310 315 gat atc caa agt aaa taatgtttaa acgaattcga agagtgcttg tactagcagt 1016 Asp Ile Gln Ser Lys 320 cttccttttt gctggctata aagcttaccg cgttcatcaa gatgtcaaac aagtcatgac 1076 ctatcaaccc atggtgcgag aaat 1100 <210> SEQ ID NO 33 <211> LENGTH: 1100 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 33 aaaataccta taaatataat tctttcggta ataagtggtc aagtcaggcc tactatggct 60 cgacaagaat cgtctattca aagagttata atgaggtttt tagcttctta tggatgcatt 120 tttttaactt gtacacataa gtctacttcg gttctgaccc taaaagcttc ttcttttagg 180 gaagaagtta gtataatgtc tgctaaacaa cctctgtagt cattgcgacc gattagagac 240 ctttctcctc aaatcgtaaa gacttttaga gttctggtta ctgaactaaa aacaagttaa 300 aagatttctt ccacatcttg taaagcgaaa gaacgcttaa cgggacgccc tctggaactg 360 ggtggagcct cctcttcaac tattaggtta gttcgactga gtcttattgg acggacctaa 420 accttgccca cgactgctcc ggaaccacca gttagaagtc tcagcgttca tagtggacta 480 actttttgct tagttcatgt tgccctgaaa aaacttgata aaaagtctat tagaagaacg 540 acagcgagga ttctaaagag gattttttag atagttcctt gacctttttt gtcgggtctc 600 ttaacgactt agaaaattgt gtctactaaa agttaaagtt aggttccagt ttagtcgata 660 aaagttgttg gatcttcttt cgttacttaa cagtggactc tttaaccgat tactggaaaa 720 actgttgtta gactgccgag caaactcgaa ataactggtt cagtctcttc ggcatggtct 780 tggacaagtt aaactacttt aactacggtc agcggttaat ttctttaaac ttttggtttt 840 tgagaggaat agtttacctt aactcgagta gcaagggtta ttgcagatag ttctgcggct 900 cagacaactc aaataggttt tgcttttacc ttggatgaga tagaattagt ttttatagct 960 cctataggtt tcatttatta caaatttgct taagcttctc acgaacatga tcgtcagaag 1020 gaaaaacgac cgatatttcg aatggcgcaa gtagttctac agtttgttca gtactggata 1080 gttgggtacc acgctcttta 1100 <210> SEQ ID NO 34 <211> LENGTH: 299 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 34 Met Ala Ile Phe Phe Met Ile Phe Leu Ile Val Cys Val Leu Leu Leu 1 5 10 15 Val Ile Val Thr Leu Ser Thr Val Tyr Val Val Arg Gln Gln Ser Val 20 25 30 Ala Ile Ile Glu Arg Phe Gly Lys Tyr Gln Lys Val Ala Asn Ser Gly 35 40 45 Ile His Ile Arg Leu Pro Phe Gly Ile Asp Ser Ile Ala Ala Arg Ile 50 55 60 Gln Leu Arg Leu Leu Gln Ser Asp Ile Val Val Glu Thr Lys Thr Lys 65 70 75 80 Asp Asn Val Phe Val Met Met Asn Val Ala Thr Gln Tyr Arg Val Asn 85 90 95 Glu Gln Ser Val Thr Asp Ala Tyr Tyr Lys Leu Ile Arg Pro Glu Ser 100 105 110 Gln Ile Lys Ser Tyr Ile Glu Asp Ala Leu Arg Ser Ser Val Pro Lys 115 120 125 Leu Thr Leu Asp Glu Leu Phe Glu Lys Lys Asp Glu Ile Ala Leu Glu 130 135 140 Val Gln His Gln Val Ala Glu Glu Met Thr Thr Tyr Gly Tyr Ile Ile 145 150 155 160 Val Lys Thr Leu Ile Thr Lys Val Glu Pro Asp Ala Glu Val Lys Gln 165 170 175 Ser Met Asn Glu Ile Asn Ala Ala Gln Arg Lys Arg Val Ala Ala Gln 180 185 190 Glu Leu Ala Glu Ala Asp Lys Ile Lys Ile Val Thr Ala Ala Glu Ala 195 200 205 Glu Ala Glu Lys Asp Arg Leu His Gly Val Gly Ile Ala Gln Gln Arg 210 215 220 Lys Ala Ile Val Asp Gly Leu Ala Glu Ser Ile Thr Glu Leu Lys Glu 225 230 235 240 Ala Asn Val Gly Met Thr Glu Glu Gln Ile Met Ser Ile Leu Leu Thr 245 250 255 Asn Gln Tyr Leu Asp Thr Leu Asn Thr Phe Ala Ser Lys Gly Asn Gln 260 265 270 Thr Ile Phe Leu Pro Asn Thr Pro Asn Gly Val Asp Asp Ile Arg Thr 275 280 285 Gln Ile Leu Ser Ala Leu Arg Ala Glu Lys Lys 290 295 <210> SEQ ID NO 35 <211> LENGTH: 1000 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (44)...(940) <400> SEQUENCE: 35 aaatgtgcta taatactaga aaaatacttg tggaggttcc att atg gca ata ttt 55 Met Ala Ile Phe 1 ttc atg att ttt ctg att gtt tgt gtg ctc cta ttg gtg ata gtc aca 103 Phe Met Ile Phe Leu Ile Val Cys Val Leu Leu Leu Val Ile Val Thr 5 10 15 20 ctg agt aca gtt tat gtg gtt cgt cag cag tcg gtg gcg att att gaa 151 Leu Ser Thr Val Tyr Val Val Arg Gln Gln Ser Val Ala Ile Ile Glu 25 30 35 cgc ttt ggg aaa tac caa aag gtt gct aat agc ggt att cat att cgc 199 Arg Phe Gly Lys Tyr Gln Lys Val Ala Asn Ser Gly Ile His Ile Arg 40 45 50 ttg cct ttt ggg att gac tcg att gca gca cgg att cag ttg cgc ttg 247 Leu Pro Phe Gly Ile Asp Ser Ile Ala Ala Arg Ile Gln Leu Arg Leu 55 60 65 ttg caa agt gat att gtg gtt gag act aag acc aag gac aat gtg ttc 295 Leu Gln Ser Asp Ile Val Val Glu Thr Lys Thr Lys Asp Asn Val Phe 70 75 80 gtt atg atg aat gta gcg act cag tac cgt gtc aac gag cag agc gtg 343 Val Met Met Asn Val Ala Thr Gln Tyr Arg Val Asn Glu Gln Ser Val 85 90 95 100 aca gat gct tac tat aaa ctc ata cgt cca gaa tct cag att aaa tct 391 Thr Asp Ala Tyr Tyr Lys Leu Ile Arg Pro Glu Ser Gln Ile Lys Ser 105 110 115 tat atc gaa gat gct ctt cgc tct tct gtt cca aaa tta acc ttg gat 439 Tyr Ile Glu Asp Ala Leu Arg Ser Ser Val Pro Lys Leu Thr Leu Asp 120 125 130 gaa ttg ttt gag aaa aaa gat gag att gcc ctt gag gtt caa cac caa 487 Glu Leu Phe Glu Lys Lys Asp Glu Ile Ala Leu Glu Val Gln His Gln 135 140 145 gta gca gaa gaa atg acc act tac ggc tac att atc gtg aaa acc ttg 535 Val Ala Glu Glu Met Thr Thr Tyr Gly Tyr Ile Ile Val Lys Thr Leu 150 155 160 att acc aag gtc gaa cca gat gca gaa gtt aag caa tct atg aat gaa 583 Ile Thr Lys Val Glu Pro Asp Ala Glu Val Lys Gln Ser Met Asn Glu 165 170 175 180 atc aat gcg gcg caa cgt aag cgg gtc gca gca caa gaa ttg gcg gaa 631 Ile Asn Ala Ala Gln Arg Lys Arg Val Ala Ala Gln Glu Leu Ala Glu 185 190 195 gct gac aag att aaa att gtc act gca gct gaa gcc gaa gca gaa aaa 679 Ala Asp Lys Ile Lys Ile Val Thr Ala Ala Glu Ala Glu Ala Glu Lys 200 205 210 gac cgc ctt cat ggt gtg ggg att gcc caa caa cgt aag gcg att gtg 727 Asp Arg Leu His Gly Val Gly Ile Ala Gln Gln Arg Lys Ala Ile Val 215 220 225 gat gga ttg gca gag tct atc acc gaa ctc aag gaa gcc aat gtt ggc 775 Asp Gly Leu Ala Glu Ser Ile Thr Glu Leu Lys Glu Ala Asn Val Gly 230 235 240 atg aca gaa gaa caa atc atg tct atc ctc ttg acc aac cag tat ttg 823 Met Thr Glu Glu Gln Ile Met Ser Ile Leu Leu Thr Asn Gln Tyr Leu 245 250 255 260 gat acc ttg aat acc ttt gcc tct aaa gga aat caa acc atc ttt tta 871 Asp Thr Leu Asn Thr Phe Ala Ser Lys Gly Asn Gln Thr Ile Phe Leu 265 270 275 cca aat act cca aat ggt gtg gat gat atc cgt aca caa atc ttg tca 919 Pro Asn Thr Pro Asn Gly Val Asp Asp Ile Arg Thr Gln Ile Leu Ser 280 285 290 gcc ctt cgc gct gag aag aaa taatagacta atactcttcg aaaatctctt 970 Ala Leu Arg Ala Glu Lys Lys 295 caaactacgt cagcgtcgtc ttgccgtata 1000 <210> SEQ ID NO 36 <211> LENGTH: 1000 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 36 tttacacgat attatgatct ttttatgaac acctccaagg taataccgtt ataaaaagta 60 ctaaaaagac taacaaacac acgaggataa ccactatcag tgtgactcat gtcaaataca 120 ccaagcagtc gtcagccacc gctaataact tgcgaaaccc tttatggttt tccaacgatt 180 atcgccataa gtataagcga acggaaaacc ctaactgagc taacgtcgtg cctaagtcaa 240 cgcgaacaac gtttcactat aacaccaact ctgattctgg ttcctgttac acaagcaata 300 ctacttacat cgctgagtca tggcacagtt gctcgtctcg cactgtctac gaatgatatt 360 tgagtatgca ggtcttagag tctaatttag aatatagctt ctacgagaag cgagaagaca 420 aggttttaat tggaacctac ttaacaaact cttttttcta ctctaacggg aactccaagt 480 tgtggttcat cgtcttcttt actggtgaat gccgatgtaa tagcactttt ggaactaatg 540 gttccagctt ggtctacgtc ttcaattcgt tagatactta ctttagttac gccgcgttgc 600 attcgcccag cgtcgtgttc ttaaccgcct tcgactgttc taattttaac agtgacgtcg 660 acttcggctt cgtctttttc tggcggaagt accacacccc taacgggttg ttgcattccg 720 ctaacaccta cctaaccgtc tcagatagtg gcttgagttc cttcggttac aaccgtactg 780 tcttcttgtt tagtacagat aggagaactg gttggtcata aacctatgga acttatggaa 840 acggagattt cctttagttt ggtagaaaaa tggtttatga ggtttaccac acctactata 900 ggcatgtgtt tagaacagtc gggaagcgcg actcttcttt attatctgat tatgagaagc 960 ttttagagaa gtttgatgca gtcgcagcag aacggcatat 1000 <210> SEQ ID NO 37 <211> LENGTH: 388 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 37 Leu Lys Ser Ile Gly Phe Ile Glu Lys Leu Lys Gly Leu Ser Ser Lys 1 5 10 15 Glu Leu Ile Leu Leu Gly Ile Ile Leu Ser Ile Phe Leu Pro Phe Tyr 20 25 30 Leu Phe Val Val Val Leu Cys Leu Tyr Ile Ile Ser Leu Ile Phe Thr 35 40 45 Gly Asp Met Lys Ser Ile Leu Gln Lys Met Gly Glu His Pro Met Leu 50 55 60 Leu Leu Phe Leu Ser Tyr Ser Thr Val Ile Ser Ile Leu Ala Gln Asn 65 70 75 80 Trp Met Gly Leu Val Ala Ser Val Gly Met Phe Leu Phe Thr Ile Phe 85 90 95 Phe Leu His Tyr Gln Ser Ile Leu Ser His Lys Phe Phe Arg Leu Ile 100 105 110 Leu Gln Phe Val Leu Phe Gly Ser Val Leu Ser Ala Ala Phe Ala Ser 115 120 125 Leu Glu His Phe Gln Ile Val Lys Lys Phe Asn Tyr Ala Phe Leu Ser 130 135 140 Pro Asn Met Gln Val Trp His Gln Asn Arg Ala Glu Val Thr Phe Phe 145 150 155 160 Asn Pro Asn Tyr Tyr Gly Ile Ile Cys Cys Phe Cys Ile Met Ile Ala 165 170 175 Phe Tyr Leu Phe Thr Thr Thr Lys Leu Asn Trp Leu Lys Val Phe Cys 180 185 190 Val Ile Ala Gly Phe Val Asn Leu Phe Gly Leu Asn Phe Thr Gln Asn 195 200 205 Arg Thr Ala Phe Pro Ala Ile Ile Ala Gly Ala Ile Ile Tyr Leu Phe 210 215 220 Thr Thr Ile Lys Asn Trp Lys Ala Phe Trp Leu Ser Ile Gly Val Phe 225 230 235 240 Ala Ile Gly Leu Ser Phe Leu Phe Ser Ser Asp Leu Gly Val Arg Met 245 250 255 Gly Thr Leu Asp Ser Ser Met Glu Glu Arg Ile Ser Ile Trp Asp Ala 260 265 270 Gly Met Ala Leu Phe Lys Gln Asn Pro Phe Trp Gly Glu Gly Pro Leu 275 280 285 Thr Tyr Met His Ser Tyr Pro Arg Ile His Ala Pro Tyr His Glu His 290 295 300 Ala His Ser Leu Tyr Ile Asp Thr Ile Leu Ser Tyr Gly Ile Val Gly 305 310 315 320 Thr Ile Leu Leu Val Leu Ser Ser Val Ala Pro Val Arg Leu Met Met 325 330 335 Asp Met Ser Gln Glu Ser Gly Lys Arg Pro Ile Ile Gly Leu Tyr Leu 340 345 350 Ser Phe Leu Thr Val Val Ala Val His Gly Ile Phe Asp Leu Ala Leu 355 360 365 Phe Trp Ile Gln Ser Gly Phe Ile Phe Leu Leu Val Met Cys Ser Ile 370 375 380 Pro Leu Ala Leu 385 <210> SEQ ID NO 38 <211> LENGTH: 1299 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (136)...(1299) <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1)...(1299) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n = A,T,C or G <400> SEQUENCE: 38 ccttgatatg gtggataaaa tagggttttn attttggaaa acgtttcctt tgtnttcaaa 60 ttgctaaaaa antggtacaa tanaggaaag cttactatta tctgaatcag cagatttgga 120 gagaaaggat tcatt ttg aaa tca ata ggc ttt att gaa aag ctg aag ggg 171 Leu Lys Ser Ile Gly Phe Ile Glu Lys Leu Lys Gly 1 5 10 ttg tct agt aaa gag ctg att tta ttg gga att atc cta agt atc ttt 219 Leu Ser Ser Lys Glu Leu Ile Leu Leu Gly Ile Ile Leu Ser Ile Phe 15 20 25 tta ccc ttt tat ctt ttt gta gtt gta ctc tgt tta tat att atc agt 267 Leu Pro Phe Tyr Leu Phe Val Val Val Leu Cys Leu Tyr Ile Ile Ser 30 35 40 ttg att ttt aca gga gac atg aaa agt att ctt cag aaa atg ggg gag 315 Leu Ile Phe Thr Gly Asp Met Lys Ser Ile Leu Gln Lys Met Gly Glu 45 50 55 60 cat ccg atg ctg ctt ctt ttt ctt agc tat agt act gtt ata tcc att 363 His Pro Met Leu Leu Leu Phe Leu Ser Tyr Ser Thr Val Ile Ser Ile 65 70 75 ctt gca caa aat tgg atg ggt ctt gtg gct tca gta gga atg ttt cta 411 Leu Ala Gln Asn Trp Met Gly Leu Val Ala Ser Val Gly Met Phe Leu 80 85 90 ttt act att ttc ttt ttg cac tat cag tcg att tta tcc cat aaa ttc 459 Phe Thr Ile Phe Phe Leu His Tyr Gln Ser Ile Leu Ser His Lys Phe 95 100 105 ttt cga ttg att ttg cag ttc gtc ttg ttt ggt agt gtc ttg tca gct 507 Phe Arg Leu Ile Leu Gln Phe Val Leu Phe Gly Ser Val Leu Ser Ala 110 115 120 gct ttt gcc agt tta gaa cat ttc caa att gtg aag aaa ttt aac tat 555 Ala Phe Ala Ser Leu Glu His Phe Gln Ile Val Lys Lys Phe Asn Tyr 125 130 135 140 gct ttt ctt tca ccc aat atg cag gtg tgg cat cag aac cgg gca gaa 603 Ala Phe Leu Ser Pro Asn Met Gln Val Trp His Gln Asn Arg Ala Glu 145 150 155 gtg acc ttc ttt aat cct aat tat tat gga att att tgt tgt ttc tgt 651 Val Thr Phe Phe Asn Pro Asn Tyr Tyr Gly Ile Ile Cys Cys Phe Cys 160 165 170 att atg att gct ttc tat ctg ttt aca acg acc aag ttg aat tgg ttg 699 Ile Met Ile Ala Phe Tyr Leu Phe Thr Thr Thr Lys Leu Asn Trp Leu 175 180 185 aaa gta ttc tgt gtg att gca ggc ttt gtt aat ctc ttt ggt ttg aac 747 Lys Val Phe Cys Val Ile Ala Gly Phe Val Asn Leu Phe Gly Leu Asn 190 195 200 ttt act caa aat cga act gcc ttt cct gct att atc gct gga gca att 795 Phe Thr Gln Asn Arg Thr Ala Phe Pro Ala Ile Ile Ala Gly Ala Ile 205 210 215 220 atc tat ctc ttt acg act att aaa aac tgg aag gcc ttt tgg ctt agt 843 Ile Tyr Leu Phe Thr Thr Ile Lys Asn Trp Lys Ala Phe Trp Leu Ser 225 230 235 att ggg gtc ttc gcg att ggt ttg agt ttc ctc ttt tct agt gat ttg 891 Ile Gly Val Phe Ala Ile Gly Leu Ser Phe Leu Phe Ser Ser Asp Leu 240 245 250 gga gtt cga atg ggt act tta gac tct tct atg gaa gaa cgc att tct 939 Gly Val Arg Met Gly Thr Leu Asp Ser Ser Met Glu Glu Arg Ile Ser 255 260 265 atc tgg gat gct ggg atg gcc ttg ttt aag caa aat cct ttt tgg ggt 987 Ile Trp Asp Ala Gly Met Ala Leu Phe Lys Gln Asn Pro Phe Trp Gly 270 275 280 gaa ggg cca ttg acc tat atg cac tct tat cct cgg ata cat gct cct 1035 Glu Gly Pro Leu Thr Tyr Met His Ser Tyr Pro Arg Ile His Ala Pro 285 290 295 300 tat cat gaa cat gcc cac agt ctt tat att gat acg att ctg agt tac 1083 Tyr His Glu His Ala His Ser Leu Tyr Ile Asp Thr Ile Leu Ser Tyr 305 310 315 gga att gtg ggt acc att tta tta gtt ttg tct tct gtt gct cct gtt 1131 Gly Ile Val Gly Thr Ile Leu Leu Val Leu Ser Ser Val Ala Pro Val 320 325 330 cgc ttg atg atg gat atg agt cag gag tcg ggg aaa cgt ccg att atc 1179 Arg Leu Met Met Asp Met Ser Gln Glu Ser Gly Lys Arg Pro Ile Ile 335 340 345 ggc ctt tat cta tct ttc ctt aca gtg gtt gct gtg cac gga att ttt 1227 Gly Leu Tyr Leu Ser Phe Leu Thr Val Val Ala Val His Gly Ile Phe 350 355 360 gac ttg gct ctc ttc tgg att cag tca ggc ttt att ttc ttg cta gtt 1275 Asp Leu Ala Leu Phe Trp Ile Gln Ser Gly Phe Ile Phe Leu Leu Val 365 370 375 380 atg tgc agt att cca ttg gct tta 1299 Met Cys Ser Ile Pro Leu Ala Leu 385 <210> SEQ ID NO 39 <211> LENGTH: 1299 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1)...(1299) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n = A,T,C or G <400> SEQUENCE: 39 ggaactatac cacctatttt atcccaaaan taaaaccttt tgcaaaggaa acanaagttt 60 aacgattttt tnaccatgtt atntcctttc gaatgataat agacttagtc gtctaaacct 120 ctctttccta agtaaaactt tagttatccg aaataacttt tcgacttccc caacagatca 180 tttctcgact aaaataaccc ttaataggat tcatagaaaa atgggaaaat agaaaaacat 240 caacatgaga caaatatata atagtcaaac taaaaatgtc ctctgtactt ttcataagaa 300 gtcttttacc ccctcgtagg ctacgacgaa gaaaaagaat cgatatcatg acaatatagg 360 taagaacgtg ttttaaccta cccagaacac cgaagtcatc cttacaaaga taaatgataa 420 aagaaaaacg tgatagtcag ctaaaatagg gtatttaaga aagctaacta aaacgtcaag 480 cagaacaaac catcacagaa cagtcgacga aaacggtcaa atcttgtaaa ggtttaacac 540 ttctttaaat tgatacgaaa agaaagtggg ttatacgtcc acaccgtagt cttggcccgt 600 cttcactgga agaaattagg attaataata ccttaataaa caacaaagac ataatactaa 660 cgaaagatag acaaatgttg ctggttcaac ttaaccaact ttcataagac acactaacgt 720 ccgaaacaat tagagaaacc aaacttgaaa tgagttttag cttgacggaa aggacgataa 780 tagcgacctc gttaatagat agagaaatgc tgataatttt tgaccttccg gaaaaccgaa 840 tcataacccc agaagcgcta accaaactca aaggagaaaa gatcactaaa ccctcaagct 900 tacccatgaa atctgagaag ataccttctt gcgtaaagat agaccctacg accctaccgg 960 aacaaattcg ttttaggaaa aaccccactt cccggtaact ggatatacgt gagaatagga 1020 gcctatgtac gaggaatagt acttgtacgg gtgtcagaaa tataactatg ctaagactca 1080 atgccttaac acccatggta aaataatcaa aacagaagac aacgaggaca agcgaactac 1140 tacctatact cagtcctcag cccctttgca ggctaatagc cggaaataga tagaaaggaa 1200 tgtcaccaac gacacgtgcc ttaaaaactg aaccgagaga agacctaagt cagtccgaaa 1260 taaaagaacg atcaatacac gtcataaggt aaccgaaat 1299 <210> SEQ ID NO 40 <211> LENGTH: 200 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 40 Met Asn Val Lys Glu Asn Thr Glu Leu Val Phe Arg Glu Val Ala Glu 1 5 10 15 Ala Ser Leu Ser Ala His Arg Glu Ser Gly Ser Val Ser Val Ile Ala 20 25 30 Val Ile Lys Tyr Val Asp Val Pro Thr Ala Glu Ala Leu Leu Pro Leu 35 40 45 Gly Val His His Ile Gly Glu Asn Arg Val Asp Lys Phe Leu Glu Lys 50 55 60 Tyr Glu Ala Leu Lys Asp Arg Asp Val Thr Trp His Leu Ile Gly Thr 65 70 75 80 Leu Gln Arg Arg Lys Val Lys Asp Val Ile Gln Tyr Val Asp Tyr Phe 85 90 95 His Ala Leu Asp Ser Val Lys Leu Ala Gly Glu Ile Gln Lys Arg Ser 100 105 110 Asp Arg Val Ile Lys Cys Phe Leu Gln Val Asn Ile Ser Lys Glu Glu 115 120 125 Ser Lys His Gly Phe Ser Arg Glu Glu Leu Leu Glu Ile Leu Pro Glu 130 135 140 Leu Ala Arg Leu Asp Lys Ile Glu Tyr Val Gly Leu Met Thr Met Ala 145 150 155 160 Pro Phe Glu Ala Ser Ser Glu Gln Leu Lys Glu Ile Phe Lys Ala Ala 165 170 175 Gln Asp Leu Gln Arg Glu Ile Gln Glu Lys Gln Ile Pro Asn Met Pro 180 185 190 Leu Glu His Thr Gly Gly Arg Tyr 195 200 <210> SEQ ID NO 41 <211> LENGTH: 999 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (400)...(999) <400> SEQUENCE: 41 aaggagtgaa catctggctc ggtacttcaa ttgatgaaag tatgcgtgat gaaattcgtg 60 taacagttgt cgcaacgggt gttcgtcaag accgcgtaga aaaggttgtg gctccacaag 120 ctagatctgc tactaactac cgtgagacag tgaaaccagc tcattcacat ggctttgatc 180 gtcattttga tatggcagaa acagttgaat tgccaaaaca aaatccacgt cgtttggaac 240 caactcaggc atctgctttt ggtgattggg atcttcgccg tgaatcgatt gttcgtacaa 300 cagattcagt cgtttctcca gtcgagcgct ttgaagcccc aatttcacaa gatgaagatg 360 aattggatac acctccattt ttcaaaaatc gttaagtaa atg aat gta aaa gaa 414 Met Asn Val Lys Glu 1 5 aat aca gaa ctt gtt ttt cga gaa gtt gca gag gct agt ctg agt gct 462 Asn Thr Glu Leu Val Phe Arg Glu Val Ala Glu Ala Ser Leu Ser Ala 10 15 20 cat cga gag agt ggt tcg gtc tct gtc att gca gtt atc aag tat gta 510 His Arg Glu Ser Gly Ser Val Ser Val Ile Ala Val Ile Lys Tyr Val 25 30 35 gat gta ccg aca gcg gaa gcc ttg ctt ccg cta ggt gtt cat cat atc 558 Asp Val Pro Thr Ala Glu Ala Leu Leu Pro Leu Gly Val His His Ile 40 45 50 ggt gaa aat cgt gta gat aag ttt ctg gaa aaa tat gaa gct tta aaa 606 Gly Glu Asn Arg Val Asp Lys Phe Leu Glu Lys Tyr Glu Ala Leu Lys 55 60 65 gat cga gat gtg act tgg cat ttg att ggt acc ttg caa aga cgt aag 654 Asp Arg Asp Val Thr Trp His Leu Ile Gly Thr Leu Gln Arg Arg Lys 70 75 80 85 gtg aaa gat gtc att caa tac gtt gat tat ttc cat gca ttg gac tca 702 Val Lys Asp Val Ile Gln Tyr Val Asp Tyr Phe His Ala Leu Asp Ser 90 95 100 gta aag cta gca ggg gaa att caa aaa aga agt gac cga gtc atc aag 750 Val Lys Leu Ala Gly Glu Ile Gln Lys Arg Ser Asp Arg Val Ile Lys 105 110 115 tgt ttc ctt caa gta aat att tct aaa gaa gaa agc aaa cac ggt ttt 798 Cys Phe Leu Gln Val Asn Ile Ser Lys Glu Glu Ser Lys His Gly Phe 120 125 130 tcg aga gag gaa ctg ctg gaa atc ttg cca gag tta gcc aga cta gat 846 Ser Arg Glu Glu Leu Leu Glu Ile Leu Pro Glu Leu Ala Arg Leu Asp 135 140 145 aag att gaa tat gtt ggt tta atg acg atg gca cct ttt gag gct agc 894 Lys Ile Glu Tyr Val Gly Leu Met Thr Met Ala Pro Phe Glu Ala Ser 150 155 160 165 agt gag cag ttg aaa gag att ttc aag gcg gcc caa gat tta caa aga 942 Ser Glu Gln Leu Lys Glu Ile Phe Lys Ala Ala Gln Asp Leu Gln Arg 170 175 180 gaa att caa gag aaa caa att cca aat atg cct tta gag cac act ggc 990 Glu Ile Gln Glu Lys Gln Ile Pro Asn Met Pro Leu Glu His Thr Gly 185 190 195 ggc cgt tac 999 Gly Arg Tyr 200 <210> SEQ ID NO 42 <211> LENGTH: 999 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 42 ttcctcactt gtagaccgag ccatgaagtt aactactttc atacgcacta ctttaagcac 60 attgtcaaca gcgttgccca caagcagttc tggcgcatct tttccaacac cgaggtgttc 120 gatctagacg atgattgatg gcactctgtc actttggtcg agtaagtgta ccgaaactag 180 cagtaaaact ataccgtctt tgtcaactta acggttttgt tttaggtgca gcaaaccttg 240 gttgagtccg tagacgaaaa ccactaaccc tagaagcggc acttagctaa caagcatgtt 300 gtctaagtca gcaaagaggt cagctcgcga aacttcgggg ttaaagtgtt ctacttctac 360 ttaacctatg tggaggtaaa aagtttttag caattcattt acttacattt tcttttatgt 420 cttgaacaaa aagctcttca acgtctccga tcagactcac gagtagctct ctcaccaagc 480 cagagacagt aacgtcaata gttcatacat ctacatggct gtcgccttcg gaacgaaggc 540 gatccacaag tagtatagcc acttttagca catctattca aagacctttt tatacttcga 600 aattttctag ctctacactg aaccgtaaac taaccatgga acgtttctgc attccacttt 660 ctacagtaag ttatgcaact aataaaggta cgtaacctga gtcatttcga tcgtcccctt 720 taagtttttt cttcactggc tcagtagttc acaaaggaag ttcatttata aagatttctt 780 ctttcgtttg tgccaaaaag ctctctcctt gacgaccttt agaacggtct caatcggtct 840 gatctattct aacttataca accaaattac tgctaccgtg gaaaactccg atcgtcactc 900 gtcaactttc tctaaaagtt ccgccgggtt ctaaatgttt ctctttaagt tctctttgtt 960 taaggtttat acggaaatct cgtgtgaccg ccggcaatg 999 <210> SEQ ID NO 43 <211> LENGTH: 163 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 43 Thr Pro Ser Pro Leu Leu Ala Val Ser Leu Leu Phe Thr Phe Asn Gln 1 5 10 15 Pro Gln Phe Leu Val Leu Asn Gln Ile Leu Val Gly Ser Leu Val Ile 20 25 30 Leu Leu Ile Ala Tyr Ile Val Val Lys Ile Pro Phe Ser Tyr Arg Met 35 40 45 Val Arg Ala Ile Leu Phe Ser Val Asp Asp Glu Met Glu Asp Ala Ala 50 55 60 Arg Ser Met Gly Ala Ser Pro Phe Tyr Thr Met Met Lys Val Ile Ile 65 70 75 80 Pro Phe Ile Leu Pro Val Val Leu Ser Val Ile Ala Leu Asn Phe Asn 85 90 95 Ser Leu Leu Thr Asp Phe Asp Leu Ser Val Phe Leu Tyr His Pro Leu 100 105 110 Ala Gln Pro Leu Gly Ile Thr Ile Arg Ser Ala Gly Asp Glu Thr Ala 115 120 125 Thr Ser Asn Ala Gln Ala Leu Val Phe Val Tyr Thr Ile Val Leu Met 130 135 140 Ile Ile Ser Gly Thr Val Leu Tyr Phe Thr Gln Arg Pro Gly Arg Lys 145 150 155 160 Val Arg Lys <210> SEQ ID NO 44 <211> LENGTH: 978 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (3)...(491) <400> SEQUENCE: 44 gt act ccc agt cca ctt tta gca gta agt tta tta ttt act ttt aat 47 Thr Pro Ser Pro Leu Leu Ala Val Ser Leu Leu Phe Thr Phe Asn 1 5 10 15 cag cca caa ttt ctt gtc ttg aat cag att ttg gta ggt agt ttg gta 95 Gln Pro Gln Phe Leu Val Leu Asn Gln Ile Leu Val Gly Ser Leu Val 20 25 30 att cta ctt att gca tat ata gtt gta aaa atc cca ttt tct tat aga 143 Ile Leu Leu Ile Ala Tyr Ile Val Val Lys Ile Pro Phe Ser Tyr Arg 35 40 45 atg gta cgt gct att tta ttt agt gtt gat gat gag atg gaa gat gca 191 Met Val Arg Ala Ile Leu Phe Ser Val Asp Asp Glu Met Glu Asp Ala 50 55 60 gca aga agt atg ggt gct tca cct ttt tat act atg atg aag gtt atc 239 Ala Arg Ser Met Gly Ala Ser Pro Phe Tyr Thr Met Met Lys Val Ile 65 70 75 att cca ttt att tta ccg gtt gtt ctc tct gtt att gct tta aac ttt 287 Ile Pro Phe Ile Leu Pro Val Val Leu Ser Val Ile Ala Leu Asn Phe 80 85 90 95 aac tct tta tta act gac ttc gac tta tct gta ttc ctt tac cat ccc 335 Asn Ser Leu Leu Thr Asp Phe Asp Leu Ser Val Phe Leu Tyr His Pro 100 105 110 cta gct caa cca tta ggt att acg att cga tct gca ggt gat gaa aca 383 Leu Ala Gln Pro Leu Gly Ile Thr Ile Arg Ser Ala Gly Asp Glu Thr 115 120 125 gca aca tct aat gca caa gct ctg gta ttt gtt tat aca att gtt ctg 431 Ala Thr Ser Asn Ala Gln Ala Leu Val Phe Val Tyr Thr Ile Val Leu 130 135 140 atg att att tct gga acg gta tta tac ttc aca caa aga ccg ggg cgt 479 Met Ile Ile Ser Gly Thr Val Leu Tyr Phe Thr Gln Arg Pro Gly Arg 145 150 155 aaa gta agg aaa taatcatgac agccactagt cttgggttat caaatattga 531 Lys Val Arg Lys 160 aatagttgtc aggattgttt tatcagtagt cattggtagt ataattggtt tagagagagg 591 gagcaaatcc cagcctgcag gcatccgaac ttatagtatt gtttgtctag ctgcatgttt 651 gattatgatg acgaatgaat acgtatctta taaatttggg acaggagatc ctacacgatt 711 aggagctcaa gttatatcag gtgtgggttt tctaggcgct ggaacgattc ttattacaga 771 taaaaagaaa attacaggtc tgacaactgc agcaggcatt tgggcttcgg caggaattgg 831 attagctatt ggagtaggtt tttatgaggg agctctttta gtagccattt ctgtttgggg 891 tgtgatatcc atgttccaac cactaaaaaa atatctgcaa aatcgttcta aaatgattga 951 attgtatata gtagttaaat cctttag 978 <210> SEQ ID NO 45 <211> LENGTH: 978 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 45 catgagggtc aggtgaaaat cgtcattcaa ataataaatg aaaattagtc ggtgttaaag 60 aacagaactt agtctaaaac catccatcaa accattaaga tgaataacgt atatatcaac 120 atttttaggg taaaagaata tcttaccatg cacgataaaa taaatcacaa ctactactct 180 accttctacg tcgttcttca tacccacgaa gtggaaaaat atgatactac ttccaatagt 240 aaggtaaata aaatggccaa caagagagac aataacgaaa tttgaaattg agaaataatt 300 gactgaagct gaatagacat aaggaaatgg taggggatcg agttggtaat ccataatgct 360 aagctagacg tccactactt tgtcgttgta gattacgtgt tcgagaccat aaacaaatat 420 gttaacaaga ctactaataa agaccttgcc ataatatgaa gtgtgtttct ggccccgcat 480 ttcattcctt tattagtact gtcggtgatc agaacccaat agtttataac tttatcaaca 540 gtcctaacaa aatagtcatc agtaaccatc atattaacca aatctctctc cctcgtttag 600 ggtcggacgt ccgtaggctt gaatatcata acaaacagat cgacgtacaa actaatacta 660 ctgcttactt atgcatagaa tatttaaacc ctgtcctcta ggatgtgcta atcctcgagt 720 tcaatatagt ccacacccaa aagatccgcg accttgctaa gaataatgtc tatttttctt 780 ttaatgtcca gactgttgac gtcgtccgta aacccgaagc cgtccttaac ctaatcgata 840 acctcatcca aaaatactcc ctcgagaaaa tcatcggtaa agacaaaccc cacactatag 900 gtacaaggtt ggtgattttt ttatagacgt tttagcaaga ttttactaac ttaacatata 960 tcatcaattt aggaaatc 978 <210> SEQ ID NO 46 <211> LENGTH: 344 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 46 Met Met Asp Arg Ile Arg Gln Glu Leu Glu Lys Gly Gly Ala Val Val 1 5 10 15 Leu Pro Thr Glu Thr Val Tyr Gly Leu Phe Ser Lys Ala Leu Asp Glu 20 25 30 Lys Ala Val Asp His Val Tyr Gln Leu Lys Arg Arg Pro Arg Asp Lys 35 40 45 Ala Leu Asn Leu Asn Ile Ala Ser Phe Glu Asp Ile Leu His Phe Ser 50 55 60 Lys Asn Gln Pro Ala Tyr Leu Gln Lys Leu Val Glu Thr Phe Leu Pro 65 70 75 80 Gly Pro Leu Thr Ile Ile Leu Glu Ala Asn Asp Arg Val Pro Tyr Trp 85 90 95 Val Asn Ser Asp Leu Ala Thr Ile Gly Phe Arg Met Pro Ser His Pro 100 105 110 Ile Thr Leu Asp Leu Ile Arg Glu Thr Gly Pro Leu Ile Gly Pro Ser 115 120 125 Ala Asn Ile Ser Gly Gln Ala Ser Gly Val Thr Phe Glu Gln Ile Leu 130 135 140 Lys Asp Phe Asp Gln Glu Val Leu Gly Leu Glu Asp Asp Ala Phe Leu 145 150 155 160 Thr Gly Gln Asp Ser Thr Ile Val Asp Leu Ser Gly Asp Lys Val Lys 165 170 175 Ile Leu Pro Lys Ala Gln Leu Asn Glu Lys Ile Phe Leu Leu Gly Cys 180 185 190 Gln Arg Phe Leu Leu Arg Arg Leu Glu Met Leu Arg Asp Leu Gln Glu 195 200 205 Thr Asp Val Lys Ala Ile Cys Asp Ile Asn Gln Glu Ala Leu Gly Tyr 210 215 220 Thr Phe Ser Pro Glu Glu Thr Ala Ser Gln Leu Ala Arg Leu Ser Gln 225 230 235 240 Asp Ser His His Phe Leu Leu Gly Tyr Glu Asp Ala Ala Asn His Val 245 250 255 Leu Leu Gly Tyr Val His Ala Glu Val Tyr Glu Ser Leu Tyr Ser Lys 260 265 270 Ala Gly Phe Asn Ile Leu Ala Leu Ala Val Ser Pro Gln Ala Gln Gly 275 280 285 Gln Gly Ile Gly Lys Ser Leu Leu Gln Gly Leu Glu Gln Glu Ala Lys 290 295 300 Arg Cys Gly Tyr Gly Phe Ile Arg Leu Asn Ser Ala Asn His Arg Leu 305 310 315 320 Gly Ala His Ala Phe Tyr Glu Lys Val Gly Tyr Thr Cys Asp Lys Met 325 330 335 Gln Lys Arg Phe Ile Arg Ile Phe 340 <210> SEQ ID NO 47 <211> LENGTH: 1200 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (95)...(1126) <400> SEQUENCE: 47 caatgtgttc ccgaactttt tagaaaacat cttcctgaaa aaagagttcg aacactcaaa 60 gaccaatttg gtcaaaatag gatggttgtg gttg atg atg gac agg att aga caa 115 Met Met Asp Arg Ile Arg Gln 1 5 gag ttg gaa aag ggt gga gct gtc gtt cta cct aca gag act gtt tat 163 Glu Leu Glu Lys Gly Gly Ala Val Val Leu Pro Thr Glu Thr Val Tyr 10 15 20 ggt ctt ttt tcc aag gcc tta gat gaa aaa gca gtt gac cat gtt tac 211 Gly Leu Phe Ser Lys Ala Leu Asp Glu Lys Ala Val Asp His Val Tyr 25 30 35 caa ctc aaa cgt cgt cct aga gat aag gca ctc aat ctc aat atc gcc 259 Gln Leu Lys Arg Arg Pro Arg Asp Lys Ala Leu Asn Leu Asn Ile Ala 40 45 50 55 tct ttc gag gac atc ttg cac ttt tca aag aat cag cca gct tat cta 307 Ser Phe Glu Asp Ile Leu His Phe Ser Lys Asn Gln Pro Ala Tyr Leu 60 65 70 caa aaa ctt gta gag acc ttt ttg cca ggt ccc ttg acc att att ctc 355 Gln Lys Leu Val Glu Thr Phe Leu Pro Gly Pro Leu Thr Ile Ile Leu 75 80 85 gaa gcc aat gac cga gtt ccc tat tgg gta aat tct gac ctt gca act 403 Glu Ala Asn Asp Arg Val Pro Tyr Trp Val Asn Ser Asp Leu Ala Thr 90 95 100 att gga ttt cgg atg ccc agt cac cct atc aca ctg gat tta att cga 451 Ile Gly Phe Arg Met Pro Ser His Pro Ile Thr Leu Asp Leu Ile Arg 105 110 115 gag aca ggt ccc ttg att ggg ccg tct gcc aat atc tca ggt cag gca 499 Glu Thr Gly Pro Leu Ile Gly Pro Ser Ala Asn Ile Ser Gly Gln Ala 120 125 130 135 agt ggt gta acc ttt gaa caa att ctg aag gat ttt gac caa gag gtt 547 Ser Gly Val Thr Phe Glu Gln Ile Leu Lys Asp Phe Asp Gln Glu Val 140 145 150 ctg ggt ctg gaa gac gat gct ttt cta act gga cag gat tca act att 595 Leu Gly Leu Glu Asp Asp Ala Phe Leu Thr Gly Gln Asp Ser Thr Ile 155 160 165 gtg gat ttg tct gga gac aag gtg aaa atc tta ccc aag gcg caa tta 643 Val Asp Leu Ser Gly Asp Lys Val Lys Ile Leu Pro Lys Ala Gln Leu 170 175 180 aac gag aag ata ttc ttg ctc ggt tgc cag aga ttt ctt ttg agg agg 691 Asn Glu Lys Ile Phe Leu Leu Gly Cys Gln Arg Phe Leu Leu Arg Arg 185 190 195 ctt gaa atg cta aga gat ttg caa gaa aca gat gtg aaa gcg ata tgt 739 Leu Glu Met Leu Arg Asp Leu Gln Glu Thr Asp Val Lys Ala Ile Cys 200 205 210 215 gac atc aac caa gag gct ttg ggt tat act ttt agt cca gag gaa acg 787 Asp Ile Asn Gln Glu Ala Leu Gly Tyr Thr Phe Ser Pro Glu Glu Thr 220 225 230 gct agc caa cta gct aga ctg tct cag gat tcc cat cat ttc cta ctt 835 Ala Ser Gln Leu Ala Arg Leu Ser Gln Asp Ser His His Phe Leu Leu 235 240 245 ggc tat gag gat gca gct aat cat gtc tta ctt gga tat gtc cac gct 883 Gly Tyr Glu Asp Ala Ala Asn His Val Leu Leu Gly Tyr Val His Ala 250 255 260 gaa gtt tac gaa tca ctc tat tcc aaa gca gga ttt aat atc tta gct 931 Glu Val Tyr Glu Ser Leu Tyr Ser Lys Ala Gly Phe Asn Ile Leu Ala 265 270 275 tta gca gtt tca cct caa gcg caa ggt caa ggt atc ggt aaa agt tta 979 Leu Ala Val Ser Pro Gln Ala Gln Gly Gln Gly Ile Gly Lys Ser Leu 280 285 290 295 cta caa ggg ttg gaa caa gaa gcc aaa aga tgt ggt tat ggg ttt atc 1027 Leu Gln Gly Leu Glu Gln Glu Ala Lys Arg Cys Gly Tyr Gly Phe Ile 300 305 310 cgc tta aat tct gcc aat cat cgt ctg ggt gct cat gca ttt tat gaa 1075 Arg Leu Asn Ser Ala Asn His Arg Leu Gly Ala His Ala Phe Tyr Glu 315 320 325 aaa gtt ggc tat act tgt gat aaa atg cag aaa cgg ttt att cgc atc 1123 Lys Val Gly Tyr Thr Cys Asp Lys Met Gln Lys Arg Phe Ile Arg Ile 330 335 340 ttt tagtttgatt ttcttattgt aaaatcaaac taatggacta gtcacacaat 1176 Phe aaaggagaag acctatgatt tttg 1200 <210> SEQ ID NO 48 <211> LENGTH: 1200 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 48 gttacacaag ggcttgaaaa atcttttgta gaaggacttt tttctcaagc ttgtgagttt 60 ctggttaaac cagttttatc ctaccaacac caactactac ctgtcctaat ctgttctcaa 120 ccttttccca cctcgacagc aagatggatg tctctgacaa ataccagaaa aaaggttccg 180 gaatctactt tttcgtcaac tggtacaaat ggttgagttt gcagcaggat ctctattccg 240 tgagttagag ttatagcgga gaaagctcct gtagaacgtg aaaagtttct tagtcggtcg 300 aatagatgtt tttgaacatc tctggaaaaa cggtccaggg aactggtaat aagagcttcg 360 gttactggct caagggataa cccatttaag actggaacgt tgataaccta aagcctacgg 420 gtcagtggga tagtgtgacc taaattaagc tctctgtcca gggaactaac ccggcagacg 480 gttatagagt ccagtccgtt caccacattg gaaacttgtt taagacttcc taaaactggt 540 tctccaagac ccagaccttc tgctacgaaa agattgacct gtcctaagtt gataacacct 600 aaacagacct ctgttccact tttagaatgg gttccgcgtt aatttgctct tctataagaa 660 cgagccaacg gtctctaaag aaaactcctc cgaactttac gattctctaa acgttctttg 720 tctacacttt cgctatacac tgtagttggt tctccgaaac ccaatatgaa aatcaggtct 780 cctttgccga tcggttgatc gatctgacag agtcctaagg gtagtaaagg atgaaccgat 840 actcctacgt cgattagtac agaatgaacc tatacaggtg cgacttcaaa tgcttagtga 900 gataaggttt cgtcctaaat tatagaatcg aaatcgtcaa agtggagttc gcgttccagt 960 tccatagcca ttttcaaatg atgttcccaa ccttgttctt cggttttcta caccaatacc 1020 caaataggcg aatttaagac ggttagtagc agacccacga gtacgtaaaa tactttttca 1080 accgatatga acactatttt acgtctttgc caaataagcg tagaaaatca aactaaaaga 1140 ataacatttt agtttgatta cctgatcagt gtgttatttc ctcttctgga tactaaaaac 1200 <210> SEQ ID NO 49 <211> LENGTH: 399 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 49 Met Phe Leu Asp Thr Ala Lys Ile Lys Val Lys Ala Gly Asn Gly Gly 1 5 10 15 Asp Gly Met Val Ala Phe Arg Arg Glu Lys Tyr Val Pro Asn Gly Gly 20 25 30 Pro Trp Gly Gly Asp Gly Gly Arg Gly Gly Asn Val Val Phe Val Val 35 40 45 Asp Glu Gly Leu Arg Thr Leu Met Asp Phe Arg Tyr Asn Arg His Phe 50 55 60 Lys Ala Asp Ser Gly Glu Lys Gly Met Thr Lys Gly Met His Gly Arg 65 70 75 80 Gly Ala Glu Asp Leu Arg Val Arg Val Pro Gln Gly Thr Thr Val Arg 85 90 95 Asp Ala Glu Thr Gly Lys Val Leu Thr Asp Leu Ile Glu His Gly Gln 100 105 110 Glu Phe Ile Val Ala His Gly Gly Arg Gly Gly Arg Gly Asn Ile Arg 115 120 125 Phe Ala Thr Pro Lys Asn Pro Ala Pro Glu Ile Ser Glu Asn Gly Glu 130 135 140 Pro Gly Gln Glu Arg Glu Leu Gln Leu Glu Leu Lys Ile Leu Ala Asp 145 150 155 160 Val Gly Leu Val Gly Phe Pro Ser Val Gly Lys Ser Thr Leu Leu Ser 165 170 175 Val Ile Thr Ser Ala Lys Pro Lys Ile Gly Ala Tyr His Phe Thr Thr 180 185 190 Ile Val Pro Asn Leu Gly Met Val Arg Thr Gln Ser Gly Glu Ser Phe 195 200 205 Ala Val Ala Asp Leu Pro Gly Leu Ile Glu Gly Ala Ser Gln Gly Val 210 215 220 Gly Leu Gly Thr Gln Phe Leu Arg His Ile Glu Arg Thr Arg Val Ile 225 230 235 240 Leu His Ile Ile Asp Met Ser Ala Ser Glu Gly Arg Asp Pro Tyr Glu 245 250 255 Asp Tyr Leu Ala Ile Asn Lys Glu Leu Glu Ser Tyr Asn Leu Arg Leu 260 265 270 Met Glu Arg Pro Gln Ile Ile Val Thr Asn Lys Met Asp Met Pro Glu 275 280 285 Ser Gln Glu Asn Leu Glu Glu Phe Lys Lys Lys Leu Ala Glu Asn Tyr 290 295 300 Asp Glu Phe Glu Glu Leu Pro Ala Ile Phe Pro Ile Ser Gly Leu Thr 305 310 315 320 Lys Gln Gly Leu Ala Thr Leu Leu Asp Ala Thr Ala Glu Leu Leu Asp 325 330 335 Lys Thr Pro Glu Phe Leu Leu Tyr Asp Glu Ser Asp Met Glu Glu Glu 340 345 350 Val Tyr Tyr Gly Phe Asp Glu Glu Glu Lys Ala Phe Glu Ile Ser Arg 355 360 365 Asp Asp Asp Ala Thr Trp Val Leu Ser Gly Glu Lys Leu Met Lys Leu 370 375 380 Phe Asn Met Thr Asn Phe Asp Arg Asp Glu Ser Val Met Lys Leu 385 390 395 <210> SEQ ID NO 50 <211> LENGTH: 1441 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (243)...(1439) <400> SEQUENCE: 50 aagataatag aaaatagaat gtaacgaatg agagaaaaat ggcatttgga gataatggaa 60 atcgtaaaaa aactatgttt gagaaaataa ccttgtttat cgtgattatc atgctagtag 120 caagtttatt gggaattttt gcaactgcaa ttggtgcctt cagtaatcta taaaattgat 180 tcaagaaaat ttagtgactg ggatttccca gccctttttt aaagtgagaa gaaataatga 240 gt atg ttt tta gat aca gct aag att aag gtc aag gct ggt aat ggt 287 Met Phe Leu Asp Thr Ala Lys Ile Lys Val Lys Ala Gly Asn Gly 1 5 10 15 ggc gat ggt atg gtt gcc ttt cgt cgt gaa aaa tat gtc cct aat gga 335 Gly Asp Gly Met Val Ala Phe Arg Arg Glu Lys Tyr Val Pro Asn Gly 20 25 30 ggc cct tgg ggt ggt gat ggt ggt cgt gga ggc aat gtg gtc ttc gtt 383 Gly Pro Trp Gly Gly Asp Gly Gly Arg Gly Gly Asn Val Val Phe Val 35 40 45 gta gac gaa gga cta cgt acc ttg atg gat ttc cgc tac aat cgt cat 431 Val Asp Glu Gly Leu Arg Thr Leu Met Asp Phe Arg Tyr Asn Arg His 50 55 60 ttc aag gct gat tct ggt gaa aaa ggg atg acc aaa ggg atg cat ggt 479 Phe Lys Ala Asp Ser Gly Glu Lys Gly Met Thr Lys Gly Met His Gly 65 70 75 cgt ggt gct gag gac ctt aga gtt cga gta cca caa ggt acg act gtt 527 Arg Gly Ala Glu Asp Leu Arg Val Arg Val Pro Gln Gly Thr Thr Val 80 85 90 95 cgt gat gcg gag act ggc aag gtt tta aca gat ttg att gaa cat ggg 575 Arg Asp Ala Glu Thr Gly Lys Val Leu Thr Asp Leu Ile Glu His Gly 100 105 110 caa gaa ttt atc gtt gcc cac ggt ggt cgt ggt gga cgt gga aat att 623 Gln Glu Phe Ile Val Ala His Gly Gly Arg Gly Gly Arg Gly Asn Ile 115 120 125 cgt ttc gcg aca cca aaa aat cct gca ccg gaa atc tct gaa aat gga 671 Arg Phe Ala Thr Pro Lys Asn Pro Ala Pro Glu Ile Ser Glu Asn Gly 130 135 140 gaa cca ggt cag gaa cgt gag tta caa ttg gaa cta aaa atc ttg gca 719 Glu Pro Gly Gln Glu Arg Glu Leu Gln Leu Glu Leu Lys Ile Leu Ala 145 150 155 gat gtc ggt tta gta gga ttc cca tct gta ggg aag tca aca ctt tta 767 Asp Val Gly Leu Val Gly Phe Pro Ser Val Gly Lys Ser Thr Leu Leu 160 165 170 175 agt gtt att acc tca gct aag cct aaa att ggt gcc tac cac ttt acc 815 Ser Val Ile Thr Ser Ala Lys Pro Lys Ile Gly Ala Tyr His Phe Thr 180 185 190 act att gta cca aat tta ggt atg gtt cgc acc caa tca ggt gaa tcc 863 Thr Ile Val Pro Asn Leu Gly Met Val Arg Thr Gln Ser Gly Glu Ser 195 200 205 ttt gca gta gcc gac ttg cca ggt ttg att gaa ggg gct agt caa ggt 911 Phe Ala Val Ala Asp Leu Pro Gly Leu Ile Glu Gly Ala Ser Gln Gly 210 215 220 gtt ggt ttg gga act cag ttc ctc cgt cac atc gag cgt aca cgt gtt 959 Val Gly Leu Gly Thr Gln Phe Leu Arg His Ile Glu Arg Thr Arg Val 225 230 235 atc ctt cac atc att gat atg tca gct agc gaa ggc cgt gat cca tat 1007 Ile Leu His Ile Ile Asp Met Ser Ala Ser Glu Gly Arg Asp Pro Tyr 240 245 250 255 gag gat tac cta gct atc aat aaa gag ctg gag tct tac aat ctt cgc 1055 Glu Asp Tyr Leu Ala Ile Asn Lys Glu Leu Glu Ser Tyr Asn Leu Arg 260 265 270 ctc atg gag cgt cca cag att att gta act aat aag atg gac atg cct 1103 Leu Met Glu Arg Pro Gln Ile Ile Val Thr Asn Lys Met Asp Met Pro 275 280 285 gag agt cag gaa aat ctt gaa gaa ttt aag aaa aaa ttg gct gaa aat 1151 Glu Ser Gln Glu Asn Leu Glu Glu Phe Lys Lys Lys Leu Ala Glu Asn 290 295 300 tat gat gaa ttt gaa gag tta cca gct atc ttc cca att tct gga ttg 1199 Tyr Asp Glu Phe Glu Glu Leu Pro Ala Ile Phe Pro Ile Ser Gly Leu 305 310 315 acc aag caa ggt ctg gca aca ctt tta gat gct aca gct gaa ttg tta 1247 Thr Lys Gln Gly Leu Ala Thr Leu Leu Asp Ala Thr Ala Glu Leu Leu 320 325 330 335 gac aag aca cca gaa ttt ttg ctc tac gac gag tcc gat atg gaa gaa 1295 Asp Lys Thr Pro Glu Phe Leu Leu Tyr Asp Glu Ser Asp Met Glu Glu 340 345 350 gaa gtt tac tat gga ttt gac gaa gaa gaa aaa gcc ttt gaa att agt 1343 Glu Val Tyr Tyr Gly Phe Asp Glu Glu Glu Lys Ala Phe Glu Ile Ser 355 360 365 cgt gat gac gat gcg aca tgg gta ctt tct ggt gaa aaa ctc atg aaa 1391 Arg Asp Asp Asp Ala Thr Trp Val Leu Ser Gly Glu Lys Leu Met Lys 370 375 380 ctc ttt aat atg acc aac ttt gat cgt gat gaa tct gtc atg aaa ctt 1439 Leu Phe Asn Met Thr Asn Phe Asp Arg Asp Glu Ser Val Met Lys Leu 385 390 395 ta 1441 <210> SEQ ID NO 51 <211> LENGTH: 1441 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 51 ttctattatc ttttatctta cattgcttac tctcttttta ccgtaaacct ctattacctt 60 tagcattttt ttgatacaaa ctcttttatt ggaacaaata gcactaatag tacgatcatc 120 gttcaaataa cccttaaaaa cgttgacgtt aaccacggaa gtcattagat attttaacta 180 agttctttta aatcactgac cctaaagggt cgggaaaaaa tttcactctt ctttattact 240 catacaaaaa tctatgtcga ttctaattcc agttccgacc attaccaccg ctaccatacc 300 aacggaaagc agcacttttt atacagggat tacctccggg aaccccacca ctaccaccag 360 cacctccgtt acaccagaag caacatctgc ttcctgatgc atggaactac ctaaaggcga 420 tgttagcagt aaagttccga ctaagaccac tttttcccta ctggtttccc tacgtaccag 480 caccacgact cctggaatct caagctcatg gtgttccatg ctgacaagca ctacgcctct 540 gaccgttcca aaattgtcta aactaacttg tacccgttct taaatagcaa cgggtgccac 600 cagcaccacc tgcaccttta taagcaaagc gctgtggttt tttaggacgt ggcctttaga 660 gacttttacc tcttggtcca gtccttgcac tcaatgttaa ccttgatttt tagaaccgtc 720 tacagccaaa tcatcctaag ggtagacatc ccttcagttg tgaaaattca caataatgga 780 gtcgattcgg attttaacca cggatggtga aatggtgata acatggttta aatccatacc 840 aagcgtgggt tagtccactt aggaaacgtc atcggctgaa cggtccaaac taacttcccc 900 gatcagttcc acaaccaaac ccttgagtca aggaggcagt gtagctcgca tgtgcacaat 960 aggaagtgta gtaactatac agtcgatcgc ttccggcact aggtatactc ctaatggatc 1020 gatagttatt tctcgacctc agaatgttag aagcggagta cctcgcaggt gtctaataac 1080 attgattatt ctacctgtac ggactctcag tccttttaga acttcttaaa ttctttttta 1140 accgactttt aatactactt aaacttctca atggtcgata gaagggttaa agacctaact 1200 ggttcgttcc agaccgttgt gaaaatctac gatgtcgact taacaatctg ttctgtggtc 1260 ttaaaaacga gatgctgctc aggctatacc ttcttcttca aatgatacct aaactgcttc 1320 ttctttttcg gaaactttaa tcagcactac tgctacgctg tacccatgaa agaccacttt 1380 ttgagtactt tgagaaatta tactggttga aactagcact acttagacag tactttgaaa 1440 t 1441 <210> SEQ ID NO 52 <211> LENGTH: 388 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 52 Met Ala Glu Glu Arg Val Glu Pro Lys Pro Ile Asp Leu Gly Glu Tyr 1 5 10 15 Lys Phe Gly Phe His Asp Asp Val Glu Pro Val Leu Ser Thr Gly Lys 20 25 30 Gly Leu Asn Glu Gly Val Ile Arg Glu Leu Ser Ala Ala Lys Gly Glu 35 40 45 Pro Glu Trp Met Leu Glu Phe Arg Leu Lys Ser Tyr Glu Thr Phe Lys 50 55 60 Lys Met Pro Met Gln Thr Trp Gly Ala Asp Leu Ser Glu Ile Asp Phe 65 70 75 80 Asp Asp Leu Ile Tyr Tyr Gln Lys Pro Ser Asp Lys Pro Ala Arg Ser 85 90 95 Trp Asp Asp Val Pro Glu Lys Ile Lys Glu Thr Phe Glu Arg Ile Gly 100 105 110 Ile Pro Glu Ala Glu Arg Ala Tyr Leu Ala Gly Ala Ser Ala Gln Tyr 115 120 125 Glu Ser Glu Val Val Tyr His Asn Met Lys Glu Glu Phe Gln Lys Leu 130 135 140 Gly Ile Ile Phe Thr Asp Thr Asp Ser Ala Leu Lys Glu Tyr Pro Asp 145 150 155 160 Leu Phe Lys Gln Tyr Phe Ala Lys Leu Val Pro Pro Thr Asp Asn Lys 165 170 175 Leu Ala Ala Leu Asn Ser Ala Val Trp Ser Gly Gly Thr Phe Ile Tyr 180 185 190 Val Pro Lys Gly Val Lys Val Asp Ile Pro Leu Gln Thr Tyr Phe Arg 195 200 205 Ile Asn Asn Glu Asn Ile Gly Gln Phe Glu Arg Thr Leu Ile Ile Val 210 215 220 Asp Glu Gly Ala Ser Val His Tyr Val Glu Gly Cys Thr Ala Pro Thr 225 230 235 240 Tyr Ser Ser Asn Ser Leu His Ala Ala Ile Val Glu Ile Phe Ala Leu 245 250 255 Asp Gly Ala Tyr Met Arg Tyr Thr Thr Ile Gln Asn Trp Ser Asp Asn 260 265 270 Val Tyr Asn Leu Val Thr Lys Arg Ala Lys Ala Gln Lys Asp Ala Thr 275 280 285 Val Glu Trp Ile Asp Gly Asn Leu Gly Ala Lys Thr Thr Met Lys Tyr 290 295 300 Pro Ser Val Tyr Leu Asp Gly Glu Gly Ala Arg Gly Thr Met Leu Ser 305 310 315 320 Ile Ala Phe Ala Asn Ala Gly Gln His Gln Asp Thr Gly Ala Lys Met 325 330 335 Ile His Asn Ala Pro His Thr Ser Ser Ser Ile Val Ser Lys Ser Ile 340 345 350 Ala Lys Gly Gly Gly Lys Val Asp Tyr Arg Gly Gln Val Thr Phe Asn 355 360 365 Lys Asn Ser Lys Lys Ser Val Ser His Ile Glu Cys Asp Thr Ile Ile 370 375 380 Met Asp Asp Leu 385 <210> SEQ ID NO 53 <211> LENGTH: 1263 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (99)...(1262) <400> SEQUENCE: 53 tggaatgccc ttaagaaaac aattgaaaat caagaaaaac agtaagacaa gtttcttttg 60 tcttatgaat tattagaaat gaagaaagaa aggatatt atg gct gaa gaa aga gta 116 Met Ala Glu Glu Arg Val 1 5 gaa cca aaa cca att gac ctt ggt gaa tat aaa ttt ggt ttc cat gac 164 Glu Pro Lys Pro Ile Asp Leu Gly Glu Tyr Lys Phe Gly Phe His Asp 10 15 20 gat gta gag cct gtc tta tcg aca gga aaa gga ctc aac gaa ggt gtt 212 Asp Val Glu Pro Val Leu Ser Thr Gly Lys Gly Leu Asn Glu Gly Val 25 30 35 att cgt gaa tta tct gct gct aag ggt gag cct gag tgg atg ttg gag 260 Ile Arg Glu Leu Ser Ala Ala Lys Gly Glu Pro Glu Trp Met Leu Glu 40 45 50 ttc cgt ttg aag tct tat gaa acc ttc aaa aaa atg ccc atg caa act 308 Phe Arg Leu Lys Ser Tyr Glu Thr Phe Lys Lys Met Pro Met Gln Thr 55 60 65 70 tgg gga gca gac ttg tca gag att gac ttt gat gac tta atc tac tac 356 Trp Gly Ala Asp Leu Ser Glu Ile Asp Phe Asp Asp Leu Ile Tyr Tyr 75 80 85 caa aaa cca tct gac aaa cca gcc cgt tct tgg gat gat gta cct gaa 404 Gln Lys Pro Ser Asp Lys Pro Ala Arg Ser Trp Asp Asp Val Pro Glu 90 95 100 aag att aaa gaa acc ttt gaa cgt atc ggg att cca gaa gct gaa cgt 452 Lys Ile Lys Glu Thr Phe Glu Arg Ile Gly Ile Pro Glu Ala Glu Arg 105 110 115 gct tat tta gca ggg gct tct gcc cag tac gag tca gaa gtg gtt tac 500 Ala Tyr Leu Ala Gly Ala Ser Ala Gln Tyr Glu Ser Glu Val Val Tyr 120 125 130 cac aac atg aag gaa gag ttc caa aaa tta ggt att atc ttt aca gat 548 His Asn Met Lys Glu Glu Phe Gln Lys Leu Gly Ile Ile Phe Thr Asp 135 140 145 150 aca gat tcc gca ctc aag gaa tac cca gac tta ttt aaa caa tac ttt 596 Thr Asp Ser Ala Leu Lys Glu Tyr Pro Asp Leu Phe Lys Gln Tyr Phe 155 160 165 gcg aag ttg gta ccg ccg aca gat aac aag ttg gca gcc ctc aac tca 644 Ala Lys Leu Val Pro Pro Thr Asp Asn Lys Leu Ala Ala Leu Asn Ser 170 175 180 gca gta tgg tcg ggt gga act ttt atc tac gtg cca aaa ggt gtc aag 692 Ala Val Trp Ser Gly Gly Thr Phe Ile Tyr Val Pro Lys Gly Val Lys 185 190 195 gta gat att cca ctt caa act tat ttc cgt atc aat aac gaa aat ata 740 Val Asp Ile Pro Leu Gln Thr Tyr Phe Arg Ile Asn Asn Glu Asn Ile 200 205 210 ggt cag ttc gaa cgt acc ttg att atc gtt gat gag gga gca agc gtc 788 Gly Gln Phe Glu Arg Thr Leu Ile Ile Val Asp Glu Gly Ala Ser Val 215 220 225 230 cac tac gta gaa gga tgt aca gca cca aca tat tca agc aat agc tta 836 His Tyr Val Glu Gly Cys Thr Ala Pro Thr Tyr Ser Ser Asn Ser Leu 235 240 245 cac gct gcc att gta gaa att ttt gct ttg gac gga gct tat atg cgt 884 His Ala Ala Ile Val Glu Ile Phe Ala Leu Asp Gly Ala Tyr Met Arg 250 255 260 tat aca act atc caa aac tgg tct gat aac gtc tat aac ttg gta aca 932 Tyr Thr Thr Ile Gln Asn Trp Ser Asp Asn Val Tyr Asn Leu Val Thr 265 270 275 aag cgt gct aag gct caa aag gat gcc act gtt gag tgg att gat gga 980 Lys Arg Ala Lys Ala Gln Lys Asp Ala Thr Val Glu Trp Ile Asp Gly 280 285 290 aac ttg ggt gcc aaa acg act atg aaa tat cca tct gtt tac ctt gat 1028 Asn Leu Gly Ala Lys Thr Thr Met Lys Tyr Pro Ser Val Tyr Leu Asp 295 300 305 310 gga gaa gga gcg cgt ggt acc atg ctc tct atc gcc ttt gct aat gca 1076 Gly Glu Gly Ala Arg Gly Thr Met Leu Ser Ile Ala Phe Ala Asn Ala 315 320 325 ggg caa cac caa gac acg ggt gct aag atg att cac aat gct cca cat 1124 Gly Gln His Gln Asp Thr Gly Ala Lys Met Ile His Asn Ala Pro His 330 335 340 acc agc tcg tct att gtg tct aaa tcc atc gct aaa ggt gga gga aag 1172 Thr Ser Ser Ser Ile Val Ser Lys Ser Ile Ala Lys Gly Gly Gly Lys 345 350 355 gtt gac tac cgt gga caa gtc acc ttt aac aag aac tct aag aaa tct 1220 Val Asp Tyr Arg Gly Gln Val Thr Phe Asn Lys Asn Ser Lys Lys Ser 360 365 370 gtt tcc cac att gaa tgt gat acc att atc atg gat gac ctt 1262 Val Ser His Ile Glu Cys Asp Thr Ile Ile Met Asp Asp Leu 375 380 385 t 1263 <210> SEQ ID NO 54 <211> LENGTH: 1263 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 54 accttacggg aattcttttg ttaactttta gttctttttg tcattctgtt caaagaaaac 60 agaatactta ataatcttta cttctttctt tcctataata ccgacttctt tctcatcttg 120 gttttggtta actggaacca cttatattta aaccaaaggt actgctacat ctcggacaga 180 atagctgtcc ttttcctgag ttgcttccac aataagcact taatagacga cgattcccac 240 tcggactcac ctacaacctc aaggcaaact tcagaatact ttggaagttt ttttacgggt 300 acgtttgaac ccctcgtctg aacagtctct aactgaaact actgaattag atgatggttt 360 ttggtagact gtttggtcgg gcaagaaccc tactacatgg acttttctaa tttctttgga 420 aacttgcata gccctaaggt cttcgacttg cacgaataaa tcgtccccga agacgggtca 480 tgctcagtct tcaccaaatg gtgttgtact tccttctcaa ggtttttaat ccataataga 540 aatgtctatg tctaaggcgt gagttcctta tgggtctgaa taaatttgtt atgaaacgct 600 tcaaccatgg cggctgtcta ttgttcaacc gtcgggagtt gagtcgtcat accagcccac 660 cttgaaaata gatgcacggt tttccacagt tccatctata aggtgaagtt tgaataaagg 720 catagttatt gcttttatat ccagtcaagc ttgcatggaa ctaatagcaa ctactccctc 780 gttcgcaggt gatgcatctt cctacatgtc gtggttgtat aagttcgtta tcgaatgtgc 840 gacggtaaca tctttaaaaa cgaaacctgc ctcgaatata cgcaatatgt tgataggttt 900 tgaccagact attgcagata ttgaaccatt gtttcgcacg attccgagtt ttcctacggt 960 gacaactcac ctaactacct ttgaacccac ggttttgctg atactttata ggtagacaaa 1020 tggaactacc tcttcctcgc gcaccatggt acgagagata gcggaaacga ttacgtcccg 1080 ttgtggttct gtgcccacga ttctactaag tgttacgagg tgtatggtcg agcagataac 1140 acagatttag gtagcgattt ccacctcctt tccaactgat ggcacctgtt cagtggaaat 1200 tgttcttgag attctttaga caaagggtgt aacttacact atggtaatag tacctactgg 1260 aaa 1263 <210> SEQ ID NO 55 <211> LENGTH: 136 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 55 Ala Gly Ile Tyr Glu Gln Val Ser Tyr Leu Lys Glu Gly Arg Ser Val 1 5 10 15 Tyr Leu Thr Arg Tyr Asn Glu Val Gln Thr Glu Thr Ala Thr Leu Ile 20 25 30 Leu Gly Ala Ile Val Gly Ile Ala Ser Ser Leu Leu Leu Phe Tyr Ser 35 40 45 Val Asn Leu Leu Tyr Phe Glu Gln Phe Arg Arg Asp Ile Leu Ile Lys 50 55 60 Arg Ile Ser Gly Leu Arg Phe Phe Glu Thr His Ala Gln Tyr Met Val 65 70 75 80 Ser Gln Phe Ala Ser Phe Val Phe Gly Ala Ser Leu Phe Ile Leu Ser 85 90 95 Ser Arg Asp Leu Val Ile Gly Leu Leu Thr Leu Leu Val Phe Leu Ala 100 105 110 Ser Ala Val Leu Thr Leu Tyr Arg Gln Ala Gln Lys Glu Ser Arg Val 115 120 125 Ser Met Thr Ile Met Lys Gly Lys 130 135 <210> SEQ ID NO 56 <211> LENGTH: 481 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (2)...(409) <400> SEQUENCE: 56 a gct gga att tat gag caa gta tcc tat ctt aaa gaa gga aga agt gtt 49 Ala Gly Ile Tyr Glu Gln Val Ser Tyr Leu Lys Glu Gly Arg Ser Val 1 5 10 15 tat cta act cgt tat aat gaa gtt caa act gaa aca gca act tta atc 97 Tyr Leu Thr Arg Tyr Asn Glu Val Gln Thr Glu Thr Ala Thr Leu Ile 20 25 30 tta gga gct att gtg ggg ata gct agt tcc ttg tta ctc ttt tat tct 145 Leu Gly Ala Ile Val Gly Ile Ala Ser Ser Leu Leu Leu Phe Tyr Ser 35 40 45 gtc aat ctt cta tat ttc gag caa ttc cgc cga gat atc ttg att aaa 193 Val Asn Leu Leu Tyr Phe Glu Gln Phe Arg Arg Asp Ile Leu Ile Lys 50 55 60 cga att tca ggt tta cga ttt ttt gaa aca cat gct cag tat atg gtt 241 Arg Ile Ser Gly Leu Arg Phe Phe Glu Thr His Ala Gln Tyr Met Val 65 70 75 80 agt caa ttt gcc agt ttt gta ttt ggt gct agt ctc ttt att tta agc 289 Ser Gln Phe Ala Ser Phe Val Phe Gly Ala Ser Leu Phe Ile Leu Ser 85 90 95 agt cga gac ttg gtg att ggc ttg ctc act tta tta gtc ttt cta gct 337 Ser Arg Asp Leu Val Ile Gly Leu Leu Thr Leu Leu Val Phe Leu Ala 100 105 110 agt gca gtt ttg acg ctt tac cgt caa gcg cag aaa gaa tct cgt gtt 385 Ser Ala Val Leu Thr Leu Tyr Arg Gln Ala Gln Lys Glu Ser Arg Val 115 120 125 tct atg aca att atg aaa gga aaa taggatgatt gaactaaaga atatatctaa 439 Ser Met Thr Ile Met Lys Gly Lys 130 135 aaaatttgga agccgtcagc tattttcaga tacgaatctt ta 481 <210> SEQ ID NO 57 <211> LENGTH: 481 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 57 tcgaccttaa atactcgttc ataggataga atttcttcct tcttcacaaa tagattgagc 60 aatattactt caagtttgac tttgtcgttg aaattagaat cctcgataac acccctatcg 120 atcaaggaac aatgagaaaa taagacagtt agaagatata aagctcgtta aggcggctct 180 atagaactaa tttgcttaaa gtccaaatgc taaaaaactt tgtgtacgag tcatatacca 240 atcagttaaa cggtcaaaac ataaaccacg atcagagaaa taaaattcgt cagctctgaa 300 ccactaaccg aacgagtgaa ataatcagaa agatcgatca cgtcaaaact gcgaaatggc 360 agttcgcgtc tttcttagag cacaaagata ctgttaatac tttcctttta tcctactaac 420 ttgatttctt atatagattt tttaaacctt cggcagtcga taaaagtcta tgcttagaaa 480 t 481 <210> SEQ ID NO 58 <211> LENGTH: 195 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 58 Met Thr Thr Gly Val Tyr Cys Phe Pro Phe Thr Tyr Ile Leu Phe Phe 1 5 10 15 Phe Tyr Leu Met Asn Asn Tyr Phe Asn Arg Leu Glu Cys Arg Ile Arg 20 25 30 Leu Lys Ser Ile Lys His Phe Thr Ser Phe Ser Phe Lys Leu Ala Ala 35 40 45 Leu Ser Thr Gly Ile Trp Thr Ala Thr Leu Phe Leu Leu Ile Phe Leu 50 55 60 Ile Ala Phe Ser Asn Gly Phe Ser Phe Ser Leu Glu Ile Lys Glu Val 65 70 75 80 Asp Phe Leu Arg Glu Phe Tyr Gly Ile Ser Ile Ala Asn Asn Ala Ser 85 90 95 Phe Phe Ile Gly Phe Phe Phe Ser Tyr Ile Ala Tyr Tyr Phe Phe Leu 100 105 110 Ser Leu Leu Thr Ile Ser Ser Phe Ser Trp Phe Lys Lys Ser Asn Met 115 120 125 Ser Leu Val Phe Leu Phe Thr Phe Leu Phe Val Glu Ser Leu Phe Trp 130 135 140 Ile Tyr Gln Leu Asp Asn Gly Ile Ile Gly Leu Leu Pro Ile Phe Gln 145 150 155 160 Tyr Met Val Asn Ser Asn Pro Tyr Ala Leu Ile Tyr Trp Leu Thr Leu 165 170 175 Leu Ser Ile Ile Ile Pro Leu Thr Val Phe Ser Val His Arg Asn Trp 180 185 190 Arg Arg Val 195 <210> SEQ ID NO 59 <211> LENGTH: 700 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (90)...(675) <400> SEQUENCE: 59 ttttatctag tacagtatat ttattgcgct gtcgccaata ttcaatccat ccaaatgtat 60 tagaatggat cttagtttta cttcaagat atg acg act gga gta tat tgc ttt 113 Met Thr Thr Gly Val Tyr Cys Phe 1 5 ccg ttc aca tat ata ttg ttc ttt ttt tat ttg atg aat aac tat ttt 161 Pro Phe Thr Tyr Ile Leu Phe Phe Phe Tyr Leu Met Asn Asn Tyr Phe 10 15 20 aat agg ttg gag tgt cgc att cgt ctg aaa tca att aag cac ttt acc 209 Asn Arg Leu Glu Cys Arg Ile Arg Leu Lys Ser Ile Lys His Phe Thr 25 30 35 40 agt ttt agt ttc aaa tta gca gct ctt agt acg ggg att tgg acg gcg 257 Ser Phe Ser Phe Lys Leu Ala Ala Leu Ser Thr Gly Ile Trp Thr Ala 45 50 55 act tta ttt tta ttg att ttt cta att gca ttt agt aat ggt ttt agc 305 Thr Leu Phe Leu Leu Ile Phe Leu Ile Ala Phe Ser Asn Gly Phe Ser 60 65 70 ttc tct ttg gag ata aag gag gtt gat ttt tta aga gaa ttt tat ggt 353 Phe Ser Leu Glu Ile Lys Glu Val Asp Phe Leu Arg Glu Phe Tyr Gly 75 80 85 ata agt att gca aac aat gct agt ttc ttt ata gga ttt ttt ttc tct 401 Ile Ser Ile Ala Asn Asn Ala Ser Phe Phe Ile Gly Phe Phe Phe Ser 90 95 100 tat ata gca tac tat ttc ttt tta tcc tta ctt act att agc agt ttt 449 Tyr Ile Ala Tyr Tyr Phe Phe Leu Ser Leu Leu Thr Ile Ser Ser Phe 105 110 115 120 tct tgg ttt aaa aaa tca aac atg agc tta gta ttt ctg ttt act ttt 497 Ser Trp Phe Lys Lys Ser Asn Met Ser Leu Val Phe Leu Phe Thr Phe 125 130 135 tta ttt gta gaa tcc tta ttc tgg att tat cag ttg gac aat ggg ata 545 Leu Phe Val Glu Ser Leu Phe Trp Ile Tyr Gln Leu Asp Asn Gly Ile 140 145 150 att gga tta ttg cca att ttt cag tat atg gta aat tcc aat ccg tat 593 Ile Gly Leu Leu Pro Ile Phe Gln Tyr Met Val Asn Ser Asn Pro Tyr 155 160 165 gca ttg att tat tgg ctt aca tta cta tct atc ata att cca ttg act 641 Ala Leu Ile Tyr Trp Leu Thr Leu Leu Ser Ile Ile Ile Pro Leu Thr 170 175 180 gta ttt tct gtt cat aga aac tgg agg aga gtg t aaaagttgga 685 Val Phe Ser Val His Arg Asn Trp Arg Arg Val 185 190 195 aatgggaaag ttaag 700 <210> SEQ ID NO 60 <211> LENGTH: 700 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 60 aaaatagatc atgtcatata aataacgcga cagcggttat aagttaggta ggtttacata 60 atcttaccta gaatcaaaat gaagttctat actgctgacc tcatataacg aaaggcaagt 120 gtatatataa caagaaaaaa ataaactact tattgataaa attatccaac ctcacagcgt 180 aagcagactt tagttaattc gtgaaatggt caaaatcaaa gtttaatcgt cgagaatcat 240 gcccctaaac ctgccgctga aataaaaata actaaaaaga ttaacgtaaa tcattaccaa 300 aatcgaagag aaacctctat ttcctccaac taaaaaattc tcttaaaata ccatattcat 360 aacgtttgtt acgatcaaag aaatatccta aaaaaaagag aatatatcgt atgataaaga 420 aaaataggaa tgaatgataa tcgtcaaaaa gaaccaaatt ttttagtttg tactcgaatc 480 ataaagacaa atgaaaaaat aaacatctta ggaataagac ctaaatagtc aacctgttac 540 cctattaacc taataacggt taaaaagtca tataccattt aaggttaggc atacgtaact 600 aaataaccga atgtaatgat agatagtatt aaggtaactg acataaaaga caagtatctt 660 tgacctcctc tcacattttc aacctttacc ctttcaattc 700 <210> SEQ ID NO 61 <211> LENGTH: 416 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 61 Met Glu Leu Val His Gly Ile Ser Thr His Phe Ile Gln Ser Lys Lys 1 5 10 15 Phe Lys Thr Asn Lys Ile Thr Val Arg Phe Thr Ala Pro Leu Ser Leu 20 25 30 Asp Thr Ile Ala Gly His Met Leu Ser Ala Ser Met Leu Glu Thr Ala 35 40 45 Asn Gln Met Tyr Pro Thr Ser Gln Asp Leu Arg Arg His Leu Ala Ser 50 55 60 Leu Tyr Gly Thr Asp Met Ser Thr Asn Cys Phe Arg Arg Gly Gln Ser 65 70 75 80 His Ile Ile Glu Leu Thr Phe Thr Tyr Val Arg Asp Glu Phe Leu Ser 85 90 95 Arg Lys Asn Val Leu Thr Ser Gln Ile Leu Glu Leu Val Lys Glu Thr 100 105 110 Leu Phe Ser Pro Ala Val Val Asp Asn Gly Phe Asp Pro Ala Leu Phe 115 120 125 Glu Ile Glu Lys Lys Gln Leu Leu Ala Ser Leu Ala Ala Asp Met Asp 130 135 140 Asp Ser Phe Tyr Phe Ala His Lys Glu Leu Asp Lys Leu Phe Phe His 145 150 155 160 Asp Glu Arg Leu Gln Leu Glu Tyr Ser Asp Leu Arg Asn Arg Ile Leu 165 170 175 Ala Glu Thr Pro Gln Ser Ser Tyr Ser Cys Phe Gln Glu Phe Leu Ala 180 185 190 Asn Asp Arg Ile Asp Phe Phe Phe Leu Gly Asp Phe Asn Glu Val Glu 195 200 205 Ile Gln Asn Val Leu Glu Ser Phe Gly Phe Lys Gly Arg Lys Gly Asp 210 215 220 Val Lys Val Gln Tyr Cys Gln Pro Tyr Ser Asn Ile Leu Gln Glu Gly 225 230 235 240 Met Val Arg Lys Asn Val Gly Gln Ser Ile Leu Glu Leu Gly Tyr His 245 250 255 Tyr Arg Ser Lys Tyr Gly Asp Glu Gln His Leu Pro Met Ile Val Met 260 265 270 Asn Gly Leu Leu Gly Gly Phe Ala His Ser Lys Leu Phe Thr Asn Val 275 280 285 Arg Glu Asn Ala Gly Leu Ala Tyr Thr Ile Ser Ser Glu Leu Asp Leu 290 295 300 Phe Ser Gly Phe Leu Arg Met Tyr Ala Gly Ile Asn Arg Glu Asn Arg 305 310 315 320 Asn Gln Ala Arg Lys Met Met Asn Asn Gln Leu Leu Asp Leu Lys Lys 325 330 335 Gly Tyr Phe Thr Glu Phe Glu Leu Asn Gln Thr Lys Glu Met Ile Arg 340 345 350 Trp Ser Leu Leu Leu Ser Gln Asp Asn Gln Ser Ser Leu Ile Glu Arg 355 360 365 Ala Tyr Gln Asn Ala Leu Phe Gly Lys Ser Ser Ala Asp Phe Lys Ser 370 375 380 Trp Ile Ala Lys Leu Glu Gln Ile Asp Lys Asp Ala Ile Cys Arg Val 385 390 395 400 Ala Asn Asn Val Lys Leu Gln Ala Ile Tyr Phe Met Glu Gly Ile Glu 405 410 415 <210> SEQ ID NO 62 <211> LENGTH: 1400 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (64)...(1311) <400> SEQUENCE: 62 agggaacaag aaaatttcag gttttcgtga tataatagaa gtctgtatat aaggaggtaa 60 atc atg gag tta gtg cat gga att tca aca cat ttt atc caa tca aaa 108 Met Glu Leu Val His Gly Ile Ser Thr His Phe Ile Gln Ser Lys 1 5 10 15 aag ttt aaa aca aac aaa att acc gtg cgt ttt acc gct cca tta tcc 156 Lys Phe Lys Thr Asn Lys Ile Thr Val Arg Phe Thr Ala Pro Leu Ser 20 25 30 ctt gat acg att gca ggt cac atg ttg agt gca agt atg cta gag act 204 Leu Asp Thr Ile Ala Gly His Met Leu Ser Ala Ser Met Leu Glu Thr 35 40 45 gct aat cag atg tac ccc act tct caa gat ttg agg aga cac ttg gcc 252 Ala Asn Gln Met Tyr Pro Thr Ser Gln Asp Leu Arg Arg His Leu Ala 50 55 60 agt cta tac ggt aca gat atg tca acc aat tgt ttc aga aga ggg caa 300 Ser Leu Tyr Gly Thr Asp Met Ser Thr Asn Cys Phe Arg Arg Gly Gln 65 70 75 agc cac att ata gaa ttg aca ttt acc tat gtt cgt gat gag ttt tta 348 Ser His Ile Ile Glu Leu Thr Phe Thr Tyr Val Arg Asp Glu Phe Leu 80 85 90 95 agt agg aaa aac gtg cta acc tct cag att ttg gaa ctt gta aaa gaa 396 Ser Arg Lys Asn Val Leu Thr Ser Gln Ile Leu Glu Leu Val Lys Glu 100 105 110 act ctt ttt tca ccc gca gta gtt gat aat ggg ttt gat ccg gcc tta 444 Thr Leu Phe Ser Pro Ala Val Val Asp Asn Gly Phe Asp Pro Ala Leu 115 120 125 ttt gaa att gag aaa aaa caa ttg cta gca agt tta gca gct gat atg 492 Phe Glu Ile Glu Lys Lys Gln Leu Leu Ala Ser Leu Ala Ala Asp Met 130 135 140 gat gat tct ttt tat ttt gca cat aaa gaa ttg gat aaa ttg ttt ttt 540 Asp Asp Ser Phe Tyr Phe Ala His Lys Glu Leu Asp Lys Leu Phe Phe 145 150 155 cat gat gaa cgt ctt caa ttg gaa tat agt gat tta cga aat cgt att 588 His Asp Glu Arg Leu Gln Leu Glu Tyr Ser Asp Leu Arg Asn Arg Ile 160 165 170 175 tta gct gaa act cca caa agt tct tat tct tgt ttc caa gaa ttt tta 636 Leu Ala Glu Thr Pro Gln Ser Ser Tyr Ser Cys Phe Gln Glu Phe Leu 180 185 190 gcc aat gat cga ata gat ttc ttt ttc cta ggt gat ttt aat gag gtt 684 Ala Asn Asp Arg Ile Asp Phe Phe Phe Leu Gly Asp Phe Asn Glu Val 195 200 205 gaa att caa aat gta tta gaa tca ttt ggc ttt aaa ggt cga aaa gga 732 Glu Ile Gln Asn Val Leu Glu Ser Phe Gly Phe Lys Gly Arg Lys Gly 210 215 220 gat gtg aag gtt cag tat tgt caa cct tat tct aat atc ctt cag gaa 780 Asp Val Lys Val Gln Tyr Cys Gln Pro Tyr Ser Asn Ile Leu Gln Glu 225 230 235 ggt atg gtt cgg aaa aat gtg gga caa tcc att ttg gaa tta ggt tat 828 Gly Met Val Arg Lys Asn Val Gly Gln Ser Ile Leu Glu Leu Gly Tyr 240 245 250 255 cat tac cgt tct aaa tat ggt gat gag caa cat tta ccc atg att gta 876 His Tyr Arg Ser Lys Tyr Gly Asp Glu Gln His Leu Pro Met Ile Val 260 265 270 atg aat ggt tta ctt ggt gga ttt gct cac tct aag ctc ttt aca aat 924 Met Asn Gly Leu Leu Gly Gly Phe Ala His Ser Lys Leu Phe Thr Asn 275 280 285 gtc cgt gaa aat gct gga tta gct tat acc att tca agt gag ctt gat 972 Val Arg Glu Asn Ala Gly Leu Ala Tyr Thr Ile Ser Ser Glu Leu Asp 290 295 300 tta ttt agt gga ttc ttg agg atg tat gct ggt atc aat cga gaa aat 1020 Leu Phe Ser Gly Phe Leu Arg Met Tyr Ala Gly Ile Asn Arg Glu Asn 305 310 315 cgt aac cag gct cgt aaa atg atg aat aat caa ctg ctt gat tta aaa 1068 Arg Asn Gln Ala Arg Lys Met Met Asn Asn Gln Leu Leu Asp Leu Lys 320 325 330 335 aaa ggt tat ttt aca gag ttt gag tta aat cag acc aag gaa atg att 1116 Lys Gly Tyr Phe Thr Glu Phe Glu Leu Asn Gln Thr Lys Glu Met Ile 340 345 350 cgt tgg tcg ttg tta ctt tct caa gat aat caa tct tca ttg att gaa 1164 Arg Trp Ser Leu Leu Leu Ser Gln Asp Asn Gln Ser Ser Leu Ile Glu 355 360 365 cgt gct tat caa aat gcc tta ttt gga aaa tct tca gca gac ttt aaa 1212 Arg Ala Tyr Gln Asn Ala Leu Phe Gly Lys Ser Ser Ala Asp Phe Lys 370 375 380 agt tgg att gca aag ctt gaa caa att gac aaa gat gct att tgt aga 1260 Ser Trp Ile Ala Lys Leu Glu Gln Ile Asp Lys Asp Ala Ile Cys Arg 385 390 395 gta gct aat aat gtg aaa cta caa gcg att tac ttt atg gaa gga ata 1308 Val Ala Asn Asn Val Lys Leu Gln Ala Ile Tyr Phe Met Glu Gly Ile 400 405 410 415 gaa tgacaaaggt tgtttttgaa gaaaaatact atccagctgt aaaagaaaag 1361 Glu gtttatcgaa ctcgtttggc caacggattg acagttgct 1400 <210> SEQ ID NO 63 <211> LENGTH: 1400 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 63 tcccttgttc ttttaaagtc caaaagcact atattatctt cagacatata ttcctccatt 60 tagtacctca atcacgtacc ttaaagttgt gtaaaatagg ttagtttttt caaattttgt 120 ttgttttaat ggcacgcaaa atggcgaggt aatagggaac tatgctaacg tccagtgtac 180 aactcacgtt catacgatct ctgacgatta gtctacatgg ggtgaagagt tctaaactcc 240 tctgtgaacc ggtcagatat gccatgtcta tacagttggt taacaaagtc ttctcccgtt 300 tcggtgtaat atcttaactg taaatggata caagcactac tcaaaaattc atcctttttg 360 cacgattgga gagtctaaaa ccttgaacat tttctttgag aaaaaagtgg gcgtcatcaa 420 ctattaccca aactaggccg gaataaactt taactctttt ttgttaacga tcgttcaaat 480 cgtcgactat acctactaag aaaaataaaa cgtgtatttc ttaacctatt taacaaaaaa 540 gtactacttg cagaagttaa ccttatatca ctaaatgctt tagcataaaa tcgactttga 600 ggtgtttcaa gaataagaac aaaggttctt aaaaatcggt tactagctta tctaaagaaa 660 aaggatccac taaaattact ccaactttaa gttttacata atcttagtaa accgaaattt 720 ccagcttttc ctctacactt ccaagtcata acagttggaa taagattata ggaagtcctt 780 ccataccaag cctttttaca ccctgttagg taaaacctta atccaatagt aatggcaaga 840 tttataccac tactcgttgt aaatgggtac taacattact taccaaatga accacctaaa 900 cgagtgagat tcgagaaatg tttacaggca cttttacgac ctaatcgaat atggtaaagt 960 tcactcgaac taaataaatc acctaagaac tcctacatac gaccatagtt agctctttta 1020 gcattggtcc gagcatttta ctacttatta gttgacgaac taaatttttt tccaataaaa 1080 tgtctcaaac tcaatttagt ctggttcctt tactaagcaa ccagcaacaa tgaaagagtt 1140 ctattagtta gaagtaacta acttgcacga atagttttac ggaataaacc ttttagaagt 1200 cgtctgaaat tttcaaccta acgtttcgaa cttgtttaac tgtttctacg ataaacatct 1260 catcgattat tacactttga tgttcgctaa atgaaatacc ttccttatct tactgtttcc 1320 aacaaaaact tctttttatg ataggtcgac attttctttt ccaaatagct tgagcaaacc 1380 ggttgcctaa ctgtcaacga 1400 <210> SEQ ID NO 64 <211> LENGTH: 370 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 64 Met Val Tyr Gly Glu Val Pro Val Tyr Ala Asn Glu Asp Leu Val Val 1 5 10 15 Glu Ser Gly Lys Leu Thr Pro Lys Thr Ser Phe Gln Ile Thr Glu Trp 20 25 30 Arg Leu Asn Lys Gln Gly Ile Pro Val Phe Lys Leu Ser Asn His Gln 35 40 45 Phe Ile Ala Ala Asp Lys Arg Phe Leu Tyr Asp Gln Ser Glu Val Thr 50 55 60 Pro Thr Ile Lys Lys Val Trp Leu Glu Ser Asp Phe Lys Leu Tyr Asn 65 70 75 80 Ser Pro Tyr Asp Leu Lys Glu Val Lys Ser Ser Leu Ser Ala Tyr Ser 85 90 95 Gln Val Ser Ile Asp Lys Thr Met Phe Val Glu Gly Arg Glu Phe Leu 100 105 110 His Ile Asp Gln Ala Gly Trp Val Ala Lys Glu Ser Thr Ser Glu Glu 115 120 125 Asp Asn Arg Met Ser Lys Val Gln Glu Met Leu Ser Glu Lys Tyr Gln 130 135 140 Lys Asp Ser Phe Ser Ile Tyr Val Lys Gln Leu Thr Thr Gly Lys Glu 145 150 155 160 Ala Gly Ile Asn Gln Asp Glu Lys Met Tyr Ala Ala Ser Val Leu Lys 165 170 175 Leu Ser Tyr Leu Tyr Tyr Thr Gln Glu Lys Ile Asn Glu Gly Leu Tyr 180 185 190 Gln Leu Asp Thr Thr Val Lys Tyr Val Ser Ala Val Asn Asp Phe Pro 195 200 205 Gly Ser Tyr Lys Pro Glu Gly Ser Gly Ser Leu Pro Lys Lys Glu Asp 210 215 220 Asn Lys Glu Tyr Ser Leu Lys Asp Leu Ile Thr Lys Val Ser Lys Glu 225 230 235 240 Ser Asp Asn Val Ala His Asn Leu Leu Gly Tyr Tyr Ile Ser Asn Gln 245 250 255 Ser Asp Ala Thr Phe Lys Ser Lys Met Ser Ala Ile Met Gly Asp Asp 260 265 270 Trp Asp Pro Lys Glu Lys Leu Ile Ser Ser Lys Met Ala Gly Lys Phe 275 280 285 Met Glu Ala Ile Tyr Asn Gln Asn Gly Phe Val Leu Glu Ser Leu Thr 290 295 300 Lys Thr Asp Phe Asp Ser Gln Arg Ile Ala Lys Gly Val Ser Val Lys 305 310 315 320 Val Ala His Lys Ile Gly Asp Ala Asp Glu Phe Lys His Asp Thr Gly 325 330 335 Val Val Tyr Ala Asp Ser Pro Phe Ile Leu Ser Ile Phe Thr Lys Asn 340 345 350 Ser Asp Tyr Asp Thr Ile Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys Asp Val Tyr Glu Val 355 360 365 Leu Lys 370 <210> SEQ ID NO 65 <211> LENGTH: 1300 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (123)...(1232) <400> SEQUENCE: 65 gttttttgac catttcaaaa gtcgttagca cagaaaaaga agtcgtctat acttcgaaag 60 aaatttatta cctttcacaa tctgactttg gtatttattt tagagaaaaa ttaagttctc 120 cc atg gtt tat gga gag gtt cct gtt tat gcg aat gaa gat tta gta 167 Met Val Tyr Gly Glu Val Pro Val Tyr Ala Asn Glu Asp Leu Val 1 5 10 15 gtg gaa tct ggg aaa ttg act ccc aaa aca agt ttt caa ata acc gag 215 Val Glu Ser Gly Lys Leu Thr Pro Lys Thr Ser Phe Gln Ile Thr Glu 20 25 30 tgg cgc tta aat aaa caa gga att cca gta ttt aag cta tca aat cat 263 Trp Arg Leu Asn Lys Gln Gly Ile Pro Val Phe Lys Leu Ser Asn His 35 40 45 caa ttt ata gct gcg gac aaa cga ttt tta tat gat caa tca gag gta 311 Gln Phe Ile Ala Ala Asp Lys Arg Phe Leu Tyr Asp Gln Ser Glu Val 50 55 60 act cca aca ata aaa aaa gta tgg tta gaa tct gac ttt aaa ctg tac 359 Thr Pro Thr Ile Lys Lys Val Trp Leu Glu Ser Asp Phe Lys Leu Tyr 65 70 75 aat agt cct tat gat tta aaa gaa gtg aaa tca tcc tta tca gct tat 407 Asn Ser Pro Tyr Asp Leu Lys Glu Val Lys Ser Ser Leu Ser Ala Tyr 80 85 90 95 tcg caa gta tca atc gac aag acc atg ttt gta gaa gga aga gaa ttt 455 Ser Gln Val Ser Ile Asp Lys Thr Met Phe Val Glu Gly Arg Glu Phe 100 105 110 cta cat att gat cag gct gga tgg gta gct aaa gaa tca act tct gaa 503 Leu His Ile Asp Gln Ala Gly Trp Val Ala Lys Glu Ser Thr Ser Glu 115 120 125 gaa gat aat cgg atg agt aaa gtt caa gaa atg tta tct gaa aaa tat 551 Glu Asp Asn Arg Met Ser Lys Val Gln Glu Met Leu Ser Glu Lys Tyr 130 135 140 cag aaa gat tct ttc tct att tat gtt aag caa ctg act act gga aaa 599 Gln Lys Asp Ser Phe Ser Ile Tyr Val Lys Gln Leu Thr Thr Gly Lys 145 150 155 gaa gct ggt atc aat caa gat gaa aag atg tat gca gcc agc gtt ttg 647 Glu Ala Gly Ile Asn Gln Asp Glu Lys Met Tyr Ala Ala Ser Val Leu 160 165 170 175 aaa ctc tct tat ctc tat tat acg caa gaa aaa ata aat gag ggt ctt 695 Lys Leu Ser Tyr Leu Tyr Tyr Thr Gln Glu Lys Ile Asn Glu Gly Leu 180 185 190 tat cag tta gat acg act gta aaa tac gta tct gca gtc aat gat ttt 743 Tyr Gln Leu Asp Thr Thr Val Lys Tyr Val Ser Ala Val Asn Asp Phe 195 200 205 cca ggt tct tat aaa cca gag gga agt ggt agt ctt cct aaa aaa gaa 791 Pro Gly Ser Tyr Lys Pro Glu Gly Ser Gly Ser Leu Pro Lys Lys Glu 210 215 220 gat aat aaa gaa tat tct tta aag gat tta att acg aaa gta tca aaa 839 Asp Asn Lys Glu Tyr Ser Leu Lys Asp Leu Ile Thr Lys Val Ser Lys 225 230 235 gaa tct gat aat gta gct cat aat cta ttg gga tat tac att tca aac 887 Glu Ser Asp Asn Val Ala His Asn Leu Leu Gly Tyr Tyr Ile Ser Asn 240 245 250 255 caa tct gat gcc aca ttc aaa tcc aag atg tct gcc att atg gga gat 935 Gln Ser Asp Ala Thr Phe Lys Ser Lys Met Ser Ala Ile Met Gly Asp 260 265 270 gat tgg gat cca aaa gaa aaa ttg att tct tct aag atg gcc ggg aag 983 Asp Trp Asp Pro Lys Glu Lys Leu Ile Ser Ser Lys Met Ala Gly Lys 275 280 285 ttt atg gaa gct att tat aat caa aat gga ttt gtg cta gag tct ttg 1031 Phe Met Glu Ala Ile Tyr Asn Gln Asn Gly Phe Val Leu Glu Ser Leu 290 295 300 act aaa aca gat ttt gat agt cag cga att gcc aaa ggt gtt tct gtt 1079 Thr Lys Thr Asp Phe Asp Ser Gln Arg Ile Ala Lys Gly Val Ser Val 305 310 315 aaa gta gct cat aaa att gga gat gcg gat gaa ttt aag cat gat acg 1127 Lys Val Ala His Lys Ile Gly Asp Ala Asp Glu Phe Lys His Asp Thr 320 325 330 335 ggt gtt gtc tat gca gat tct cca ttt att ctt tct att ttc act aag 1175 Gly Val Val Tyr Ala Asp Ser Pro Phe Ile Leu Ser Ile Phe Thr Lys 340 345 350 aat tct gat tat gat acg att tct aag ata gcc aag gat gtt tat gag 1223 Asn Ser Asp Tyr Asp Thr Ile Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys Asp Val Tyr Glu 355 360 365 gtt cta aaa tgagggaacc agatttttta aatcattttc tcaagaaggg 1272 Val Leu Lys 370 atatttcaaa aagcatgcta aggcggtt 1300 <210> SEQ ID NO 66 <211> LENGTH: 1300 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 66 caaaaaactg gtaaagtttt cagcaatcgt gtctttttct tcagcagata tgaagctttc 60 tttaaataat ggaaagtgtt agactgaaac cataaataaa atctcttttt aattcaagag 120 ggtaccaaat acctctccaa ggacaaatac gcttacttct aaatcatcac cttagaccct 180 ttaactgagg gttttgttca aaagtttatt ggctcaccgc gaatttattt gttccttaag 240 gtcataaatt cgatagttta gtagttaaat atcgacgcct gtttgctaaa aatatactag 300 ttagtctcca ttgaggttgt tatttttttc ataccaatct tagactgaaa tttgacatgt 360 tatcaggaat actaaatttt cttcacttta gtaggaatag tcgaataagc gttcatagtt 420 agctgttctg gtacaaacat cttccttctc ttaaagatgt ataactagtc cgacctaccc 480 atcgatttct tagttgaaga cttcttctat tagcctactc atttcaagtt ctttacaata 540 gactttttat agtctttcta agaaagagat aaatacaatt cgttgactga tgaccttttc 600 ttcgaccata gttagttcta cttttctaca tacgtcggtc gcaaaacttt gagagaatag 660 agataatatg cgttcttttt tatttactcc cagaaatagt caatctatgc tgacatttta 720 tgcatagacg tcagttacta aaaggtccaa gaatatttgg tctcccttca ccatcagaag 780 gattttttct tctattattt cttataagaa atttcctaaa ttaatgcttt catagttttc 840 ttagactatt acatcgagta ttagataacc ctataatgta aagtttggtt agactacggt 900 gtaagtttag gttctacaga cggtaatacc ctctactaac cctaggtttt ctttttaact 960 aaagaagatt ctaccggccc ttcaaatacc ttcgataaat attagtttta cctaaacacg 1020 atctcagaaa ctgattttgt ctaaaactat cagtcgctta acggtttcca caaagacaat 1080 ttcatcgagt attttaacct ctacgcctac ttaaattcgt actatgccca caacagatac 1140 gtctaagagg taaataagaa agataaaagt gattcttaag actaatacta tgctaaagat 1200 tctatcggtt cctacaaata ctccaagatt ttactccctt ggtctaaaaa atttagtaaa 1260 agagttcttc cctataaagt ttttcgtacg attccgccaa 1300 <210> SEQ ID NO 67 <211> LENGTH: 210 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 67 Met Lys Lys Lys Ile Leu Ala Ser Leu Leu Leu Ser Thr Val Met Val 1 5 10 15 Ser Gln Val Ala Val Leu Thr Thr Ala His Ala Glu Thr Thr Asp Asp 20 25 30 Lys Ile Ala Ala Gln Asp Asn Lys Ile Ser Asn Leu Thr Ala Gln Gln 35 40 45 Gln Glu Ala Gln Lys Gln Val Asp Gln Ile Gln Glu Gln Val Ser Ala 50 55 60 Ile Gln Ala Glu Gln Ser Asn Leu Gln Ala Glu Asn Asp Arg Leu Gln 65 70 75 80 Ala Glu Ser Lys Lys Leu Glu Gly Glu Ile Thr Glu Leu Ser Lys Asn 85 90 95 Ile Val Ser Arg Asn Gln Ser Leu Glu Lys Gln Ala Arg Ser Ala Gln 100 105 110 Thr Asn Gly Ala Val Thr Ser Tyr Ile Asn Thr Ile Val Asn Ser Lys 115 120 125 Ser Ile Thr Glu Ala Ile Ser Arg Val Ala Ala Met Ser Glu Ile Val 130 135 140 Ser Ala Asn Asn Lys Met Leu Glu Gln Gln Lys Ala Asp Lys Lys Ala 145 150 155 160 Ile Ser Glu Lys Gln Val Ala Asn Asn Asp Ala Ile Asn Thr Val Ile 165 170 175 Ala Asn Gln Gln Lys Leu Ala Asp Asp Ala Gln Ala Leu Thr Thr Lys 180 185 190 Gln Ala Glu Leu Lys Ala Ala Glu Leu Ser Leu Ala Ala Glu Lys Ala 195 200 205 Thr Ser 210 <210> SEQ ID NO 68 <211> LENGTH: 800 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (114)...(743) <400> SEQUENCE: 68 ttgaaaaata ttatctataa gaacgacata taaatgtaac aaaggcgtaa tatttattag 60 gccttttttt ggtatactag tattgtcttt aaaagaagga gtatctacgt aat atg 116 Met 1 aag aaa aaa atc tta gcg tca ctt tta tta agt aca gta atg gtt tct 164 Lys Lys Lys Ile Leu Ala Ser Leu Leu Leu Ser Thr Val Met Val Ser 5 10 15 caa gta gct gtt tta aca act gcg cat gca gaa acg act gat gac aaa 212 Gln Val Ala Val Leu Thr Thr Ala His Ala Glu Thr Thr Asp Asp Lys 20 25 30 att gct gct caa gat aat aaa att agt aac tta aca gca caa caa caa 260 Ile Ala Ala Gln Asp Asn Lys Ile Ser Asn Leu Thr Ala Gln Gln Gln 35 40 45 gaa gcc caa aaa caa gtt gac caa att cag gag caa gta tca gct att 308 Glu Ala Gln Lys Gln Val Asp Gln Ile Gln Glu Gln Val Ser Ala Ile 50 55 60 65 caa gct gag cag tct aac ttg caa gct gaa aat gat aga tta caa gca 356 Gln Ala Glu Gln Ser Asn Leu Gln Ala Glu Asn Asp Arg Leu Gln Ala 70 75 80 gaa tct aag aaa ctc gag ggt gag att aca gaa ctt tct aaa aac att 404 Glu Ser Lys Lys Leu Glu Gly Glu Ile Thr Glu Leu Ser Lys Asn Ile 85 90 95 gtt tct cgt aac caa tcg ttg gaa aaa caa gct cgt agt gct caa aca 452 Val Ser Arg Asn Gln Ser Leu Glu Lys Gln Ala Arg Ser Ala Gln Thr 100 105 110 aat gga gcc gta act agc tat atc aat acc att gta aac tca aaa tca 500 Asn Gly Ala Val Thr Ser Tyr Ile Asn Thr Ile Val Asn Ser Lys Ser 115 120 125 att aca gaa gct att tca cgt gtt gct gca atg agt gaa atc gta tct 548 Ile Thr Glu Ala Ile Ser Arg Val Ala Ala Met Ser Glu Ile Val Ser 130 135 140 145 gca aac aac aaa atg tta gaa caa caa aag gca gat aaa aaa gct att 596 Ala Asn Asn Lys Met Leu Glu Gln Gln Lys Ala Asp Lys Lys Ala Ile 150 155 160 tct gaa aaa caa gta gca aat aat gat gct atc aat act gta att gct 644 Ser Glu Lys Gln Val Ala Asn Asn Asp Ala Ile Asn Thr Val Ile Ala 165 170 175 aat caa caa aaa ttg gct gat gat gct caa gca ttg act acg aaa cag 692 Asn Gln Gln Lys Leu Ala Asp Asp Ala Gln Ala Leu Thr Thr Lys Gln 180 185 190 gca gaa cta aaa gct gct gaa tta agt ctt gct gct gag aaa gcg act 740 Ala Glu Leu Lys Ala Ala Glu Leu Ser Leu Ala Ala Glu Lys Ala Thr 195 200 205 agc tgaaggggaa aaagcaaggc tattagagca agaagcagca gctgaggcag 793 Ser 210 aggctcg 800 <210> SEQ ID NO 69 <211> LENGTH: 800 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 69 aactttttat aatagatatt cttgctgtat atttacattg tttccgcatt ataaataatc 60 cggaaaaaaa ccatatgatc ataacagaaa ttttcttcct catagatgca ttatacttct 120 ttttttagaa tcgcagtgaa aataattcat gtcattacca aagagttcat cgacaaaatt 180 gttgacgcgt acgtctttgc tgactactgt tttaacgacg agttctatta ttttaatcat 240 tgaattgtcg tgttgttgtt cttcgggttt ttgttcaact ggtttaagtc ctcgttcata 300 gtcgataagt tcgactcgtc agattgaacg ttcgactttt actatctaat gttcgtctta 360 gattctttga gctcccactc taatgtcttg aaagattttt gtaacaaaga gcattggtta 420 gcaacctttt tgttcgagca tcacgagttt gtttacctcg gcattgatcg atatagttat 480 ggtaacattt gagttttagt taatgtcttc gataaagtgc acaacgacgt tactcacttt 540 agcatagacg tttgttgttt tacaatcttg ttgttttccg tctatttttt cgataaagac 600 tttttgttca tcgtttatta ctacgatagt tatgacatta acgattagtt gtttttaacc 660 gactactacg agttcgtaac tgatgctttg tccgtcttga ttttcgacga cttaattcag 720 aacgacgact ctttcgctga tcgacttccc ctttttcgtt ccgataatct cgttcttcgt 780 cgtcgactcc gtctccgagc 800 <210> SEQ ID NO 70 <211> LENGTH: 193 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 70 Met Leu Ile Ala Leu Leu Ile Ile Leu Ala Tyr Leu Ile Gly Ser Ile 1 5 10 15 Pro Ser Gly Leu Ile Val Gly Lys Leu Ala Lys Gly Ile Asp Ile Arg 20 25 30 Glu His Gly Ser Gly Asn Leu Gly Ala Thr Asn Ala Phe Arg Thr Leu 35 40 45 Gly Val Lys Ala Gly Ser Val Val Ile Ala Gly Asp Ile Leu Lys Gly 50 55 60 Thr Leu Ala Thr Ala Leu Pro Phe Leu Met His Val Asp Ile His Pro 65 70 75 80 Leu Leu Ala Gly Val Phe Ala Val Leu Gly His Val Phe Pro Ile Phe 85 90 95 Ala Lys Phe Lys Gly Gly Lys Ala Val Ala Thr Ser Gly Gly Val Leu 100 105 110 Leu Phe Tyr Ala Pro Leu Leu Phe Ile Thr Met Val Ala Val Phe Phe 115 120 125 Ile Phe Leu Tyr Leu Thr Lys Phe Val Ser Leu Ser Ser Met Leu Thr 130 135 140 Gly Ile Tyr Thr Val Ile Tyr Ser Phe Phe Val His Asp Thr Tyr Leu 145 150 155 160 Leu Ile Val Val Thr Leu Leu Thr Ile Phe Val Ile Tyr Arg His Arg 165 170 175 Ala Asn Ile Lys Arg Ile Ile Asn Lys Thr Glu Pro Lys Val Lys Trp 180 185 190 Leu <210> SEQ ID NO 71 <211> LENGTH: 582 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (1)...(579) <400> SEQUENCE: 71 atg tta att gct tta ttg att att ttg gcc tac ttg ata ggc agc att 48 Met Leu Ile Ala Leu Leu Ile Ile Leu Ala Tyr Leu Ile Gly Ser Ile 1 5 10 15 cca tct ggc tta att gtg ggc aag ctt gcc aaa gga att gat att cgg 96 Pro Ser Gly Leu Ile Val Gly Lys Leu Ala Lys Gly Ile Asp Ile Arg 20 25 30 gag cac gga agc ggc aac tta ggc gct acc aat gca ttc cgt aca ttg 144 Glu His Gly Ser Gly Asn Leu Gly Ala Thr Asn Ala Phe Arg Thr Leu 35 40 45 ggt gta aaa gct ggt tcg gtc gtc ata gcc gga gat att ttg aaa ggg 192 Gly Val Lys Ala Gly Ser Val Val Ile Ala Gly Asp Ile Leu Lys Gly 50 55 60 aca ctg gca act gca ttg cct ttt ctc atg cat gtt gat att cac ccg 240 Thr Leu Ala Thr Ala Leu Pro Phe Leu Met His Val Asp Ile His Pro 65 70 75 80 ctt ctt gca gga gtc ttt gcg gtt tta ggc cac gtg ttt ccc atc ttc 288 Leu Leu Ala Gly Val Phe Ala Val Leu Gly His Val Phe Pro Ile Phe 85 90 95 gcc aaa ttt aaa ggc ggt aaa gcc gtg gcg aca tca gga ggc gtt ttg 336 Ala Lys Phe Lys Gly Gly Lys Ala Val Ala Thr Ser Gly Gly Val Leu 100 105 110 cta ttt tac gca ccc ctg tta ttt atc acg atg gtt gcg gta ttc ttc 384 Leu Phe Tyr Ala Pro Leu Leu Phe Ile Thr Met Val Ala Val Phe Phe 115 120 125 atc ttt tta tac ttg act aaa ttt gtt tct ctc tca tcg atg tta aca 432 Ile Phe Leu Tyr Leu Thr Lys Phe Val Ser Leu Ser Ser Met Leu Thr 130 135 140 ggg atc tat act gtt ata tat agt ttc ttt gtc cat gat acg tat tta 480 Gly Ile Tyr Thr Val Ile Tyr Ser Phe Phe Val His Asp Thr Tyr Leu 145 150 155 160 ttg att gtc gtt acc ctg ctc act att ttt gtg ata tac aga cac cga 528 Leu Ile Val Val Thr Leu Leu Thr Ile Phe Val Ile Tyr Arg His Arg 165 170 175 gcg aac att aaa cga att atc aat aaa aca gaa cct aaa gta aaa tgg 576 Ala Asn Ile Lys Arg Ile Ile Asn Lys Thr Glu Pro Lys Val Lys Trp 180 185 190 tta taa 582 Leu <210> SEQ ID NO 72 <211> LENGTH: 582 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 72 tacaattaac gaaataacta ataaaaccgg atgaactatc cgtcgtaagg tagaccgaat 60 taacacccgt tcgaacggtt tccttaacta taagccctcg tgccttcgcc gttgaatccg 120 cgatggttac gtaaggcatg taacccacat tttcgaccaa gccagcagta tcggcctcta 180 taaaactttc cctgtgaccg ttgacgtaac ggaaaagagt acgtacaact ataagtgggc 240 gaagaacgtc ctcagaaacg ccaaaatccg gtgcacaaag ggtagaagcg gtttaaattt 300 ccgccatttc ggcaccgctg tagtcctccg caaaacgata aaatgcgtgg ggacaataaa 360 tagtgctacc aacgccataa gaagtagaaa aatatgaact gatttaaaca aagagagagt 420 agctacaatt gtccctagat atgacaatat atatcaaaga aacaggtact atgcataaat 480 aactaacagc aatgggacga gtgataaaaa cactatatgt ctgtggctcg cttgtaattt 540 gcttaatagt tattttgtct tggatttcat tttaccaata tt 582 <210> SEQ ID NO 73 <211> LENGTH: 23 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 73 gcagcccggt tttccagaac agg 23 <210> SEQ ID NO 74 <211> LENGTH: 23 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 74 gatttagccc agtcggccgc acg 23 <210> SEQ ID NO 75 <211> LENGTH: 21 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 75 ccgccattct ttgctgtttc g 21 <210> SEQ ID NO 76 <211> LENGTH: 22 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 76 ttacacgtta ctaaagggaa tg 22 <210> SEQ ID NO 77 <211> LENGTH: 21 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Bacillus subtilis <400> SEQUENCE: 77 gtgttcgtgc tgacttgcac c 21 <210> SEQ ID NO 78 <211> LENGTH: 21 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Bacillus subtilis <400> SEQUENCE: 78 gaattatttc ctcccgttaa a 21 <210> SEQ ID NO 79 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 79 ctccgtgaag tccacctgat 20 <210> SEQ ID NO 80 <211> LENGTH: 41 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 80 ggtgcaagtc agcacgaaca ctgctcgcgt agattgattt g 41 <210> SEQ ID NO 81 <211> LENGTH: 41 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 81 tttaacggga ggaaataatt cggggattga acctaaccca t 41 <210> SEQ ID NO 82 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 82 ttggcaagaa ggcagagaat 20 <210> SEQ ID NO 83 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 83 gcatgagaaa cccagtctcc 20 <210> SEQ ID NO 84 <211> LENGTH: 43 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 84 ggtgcaagtc agcacgaaca cgcgacatag gttccagtta ggg 43 <210> SEQ ID NO 85 <211> LENGTH: 41 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 85 tttaacggga ggaaataatt cccatatcgt ggctcctgaa t 41 <210> SEQ ID NO 86 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 86 taaagccctc atgtcgaacc 20 <210> SEQ ID NO 87 <211> LENGTH: 22 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 87 cagtgacgat acagatgaag aa 22 <210> SEQ ID NO 88 <211> LENGTH: 41 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 88 ggtgcaagtc agcacgaaca cgatgctggc ttcgttgagt g 41 <210> SEQ ID NO 89 <211> LENGTH: 41 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 89 tttaacggga ggaaataatt cgtcgcgact cctagccata c 41 <210> SEQ ID NO 90 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 90 ccagcaaagg aaaaccgata 20 <210> SEQ ID NO 91 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 91 ggtcagtgac agcagcagat 20 <210> SEQ ID NO 92 <211> LENGTH: 41 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 92 ggtgcaagtc agcacgaaca cggccttgga aaaaagacca t 41 <210> SEQ ID NO 93 <211> LENGTH: 41 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 93 tttaacggga ggaaataatt cccgcttaaa ttctgccaat c 41 <210> SEQ ID NO 94 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 94 cccataaccg tatcacctgg 20 <210> SEQ ID NO 95 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 95 cggaacggct atgaaaaaaa 20 <210> SEQ ID NO 96 <211> LENGTH: 41 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 96 ggtgcaagtc agcacgaaca cacgacgaaa ggcaaccata c 41 <210> SEQ ID NO 97 <211> LENGTH: 41 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Streptococcus pneumoniae <400> SEQUENCE: 97 tttaacggga ggaaataatt ctggtatggg ggttgatgaa g 41 <210> SEQ ID NO 98 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Bacillus subtilis <400> SEQUENCE: 98 tcgccctact tttcgtatgc 20 <210> SEQ ID NO 99 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Bacillus subtilis <400> SEQUENCE: 99 agcgatatta gtgcgggaga 20 <210> SEQ ID NO 100 <211> LENGTH: 42 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Bacillus subtilis <400> SEQUENCE: 100 ggtgcaagtc agcacgaaca ccagcaattt tgtcatcagt cg 42 <210> SEQ ID NO 101 <211> LENGTH: 41 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Bacillus subtilis <400> SEQUENCE: 101 tttaacggga ggaaataatt cctggggtaa tggagcacag t 41 <210> SEQ ID NO 102 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Bacillus subtilis <400> SEQUENCE: 102 gggattgtca cggtaaaacc 20 

What is claimed is:
 1. An isolated nucleotide sequence encoding a gep1493 polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:13, as depicted in FIG. 5, or a gep1493 polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:13 with conservative amino acid substitutions within the following groups: glycine and alanine; valine, isoleucine, and leucine; aspartic acid and glutamic acid; asparagine and glutamine; serine and threonine; lysine and arginine; and phenylalanine and tyrosine, and is an essential polypeptide.
 2. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence of SEQ D NO:14, as depicted in FIG. 5, degenerate variants of SEQ ID NO:14 that encode the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:13, a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:14, wherein T is replaced by U, and degenerate variants of SEQ ID NO:14, wherein T is replaced by U, and that encode the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:13.
 3. An expression vector comprising one of the nucleotide sequences of claim 1 operably linked to a nucleotide sequence regulatory element that controls expression of said nucleotide sequence.
 4. An expression vector comprising one of the nucleic acid molecules of claim 1, wherein said nucleic acid molecule is operably linked to a nucleotide sequence regulatory element that controls expression of said nucleic acid molecule.
 5. A host cell comprising one of the nucleotide sequences of claim 1 exogenously introduced into said cell.
 6. The host cell of claim 5, wherein the cell is a yeast or bacterium.
 7. A genetically engineered host cell comprising one of the nucleotide sequences of claim 1 operably linked to a heterologous nucleotide sequence regulatory element that controls expression of the nucleotide sequence in the host cell.
 8. The host cell of claim 7, wherein the cell is a yeast or bacterium.
 9. A vector comprising one of the nucleotide sequences of claim
 1. 10. A vector comprising one of the nucleic acid molecules of claim
 9. 11. A host cell comprising one of the nucleic acid molecules of claim 2 exogenously introduced into said cell.
 12. The host cell of claim 11, wherein the cell is a yeast or bacterium.
 13. A genetically engineered host cell comprising one of die nucleic acid molecules of claim 9 operably linked to a nucleotide sequence regulatory element that controls expression of the nucleic acid molecule in the host cell.
 14. The host cell of claim 13, wherein the cell is a yeast or bacterium.
 15. An isolated nucleic acid molecule from Streptococcus comprising a nucleotide sequence having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:14.
 16. A vector comprising the nucleotide sequence of claim
 15. 17. An expression vector comprising the nucleotide sequence of claim 15 operably linked to a nucleotide sequence regulatory element that controls expression of said nucleotide sequence.
 18. A host cell comprising the exogenously introduced nucleotide sequence of claim
 15. 19. A genetically engineered host cell comprising the nucleotide sequence of claim 15 operably linked to a heterologous nucleotide sequence regulatory element that controls expression of the nucleotide sequence in the host cell. 